Gene Heskett wrote: > This is interesting and I will likely do it when I install the > debian-11.1-net-install I just burnt. > > But, I have installed 4, 1 terabyte samsung SSD's on a separate non-raid > controller card which I intend to use as a software raid-6 or 10 after > moving the current boot disk with stretch on it to be /dev/sdd, or even > leaving it disconnected until 11.1 is installed. It has precious data on > its platters. > > Those samsungs have not been configured for anything yet. They are seen > ok but individually in dmesg. Looked at by gparted, but nothing written. > > So, can the installer handle the configuration of those into a bootable > format all by itself?
Yes. The installer can assemble them into an mdadm-style RAID 10 and GRUB can boot from that. -dsr-