Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 6.3 to partitionable mdadm array

2012-11-07 Thread Nux!
On 07/11/12 15:43, Hal Martin wrote: > > The software we're testing does not support being installed on LVM, so > if we want vendor support we need to install it on a partition. > > Hardware RAID is going to be used for deployment, but for lab testing > we were hoping to use mdadm and avoid buying

Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 6.3 to partitionable mdadm array

2012-11-07 Thread Hal Martin
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Nux! wrote: > On 07/11/12 15:10, Hal Martin wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I'm trying to install CentOS 6.3 to an mdadm partitionable array and >> not having any luck. >> >> The installer only allows me to create one file system per md device, >> or specify the md devi

Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 6.3 to partitionable mdadm array

2012-11-07 Thread Arun Khan
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Nux! wrote: > AFAIK installing on to partitionable md is a hack that is not > supported; it's cool, but is not supported by upstream. And when it > breaks I hear it can be quite unpleasant to fix. Then perhaps this link should be removed from the CentOS wiki:

Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 6.3 to partitionable mdadm array

2012-11-07 Thread Arun Khan
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Hal Martin wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to install CentOS 6.3 to an mdadm partitionable array and > not having any luck. > > The installer only allows me to create one file system per md device, > or specify the md device as a LVM physical volume. I don't want

Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 6.3 to partitionable mdadm array

2012-11-07 Thread Nux!
On 07/11/12 15:10, Hal Martin wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to install CentOS 6.3 to an mdadm partitionable array and > not having any luck. > > The installer only allows me to create one file system per md device, > or specify the md device as a LVM physical volume. I don't want to do > eithe

[CentOS] Install CentOS 6.3 to partitionable mdadm array

2012-11-07 Thread Hal Martin
Hello all, I'm trying to install CentOS 6.3 to an mdadm partitionable array and not having any luck. The installer only allows me to create one file system per md device, or specify the md device as a LVM physical volume. I don't want to do either, I want to create one md device and create multip