I would think, though I'm not using RH's RAID, that you would create the RAID set first then partition it. This way the SWAP would appear on both.
<<JAV>> On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 12:54, Douglas, Stuart wrote: > One last question. Since I'm doing all partitions onto RAID devices across my 2 > drives, what's the proper way to do the swap partition? I had set it up on both > drives just to be consistent without knowing any good/bad implications of that. I > didn't want one drive to have a chunk of unused space equivalent to the swap > partition size on the other drive. With a swap partition on two drives, would Linux > use either/both and therefore be somewhat resilient in case of a drive failure? > > Just curious. Thanks! > > Stuart > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Polk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: 38 GB partitioning advice > > > I've not played with LVM myself, but it would certainly give you > flexibility. If I don't find a buyer for my HP Netserver, I may just > play with LVM myself. For a relatively static server, though, I think > you'l do fine with the partitioning scheme I gave. I build most of my > servers based on such a percentage or setup. Now desktops and laptops > are a different beast. /usr really get's used then because you tend to > want to load a lot of applications on them. My first Linux book was one > that shipped with RH5.1. It did a good job of laying out what partitions > are used for and recommended sizes. I've loosely used that ever since, > upping the sizes for modern boxes and versions as I've moved along. > Good luck on the project! Glad I could help. > > <<JAV>> > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
