Re: [CentOS] changing partition priority on install

2008-10-30 Thread Phil Schaffner
Monty Shinn wrote: ... Phil, Thanks for your input. I did find the location of the grub install modification. Strange thing is, when I restarted the install, grub defaulted to the MBR of /dev/sdb. I did not change any hardware or bios settings in between attempts. I have no idea why the c

Re: [CentOS] changing partition priority on install

2008-10-29 Thread Monty Shinn
Phil Schaffner wrote: A GRUB boot CD (or floppy) will allay the above concerns. Do an "info grub" to find out how to create one. Can also boot from install media to recover a lost GRUB. I did not find an option during the install prep to re-locate grub to the MBR of /dev/sdb. I probably

Re: [CentOS] changing partition priority on install

2008-10-29 Thread Phil Schaffner
Monty Shinn wrote: Phil Schaffner wrote: On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 14:59 -0500, Monty Shinn wrote: Greetings. I am in the process of installing 5.1 64 bit on a server. The server has 2 3ware cards: 9550SX 12 port, and a 8006 2 port, both SATA. Any reason not to use 5.2? Will save a lot of upd

Re: [CentOS] changing partition priority on install

2008-10-29 Thread Monty Shinn
Phil Schaffner wrote: On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 14:59 -0500, Monty Shinn wrote: Greetings. I am in the process of installing 5.1 64 bit on a server. The server has 2 3ware cards: 9550SX 12 port, and a 8006 2 port, both SATA. Any reason not to use 5.2? Will save a lot of updates, and perhaps so

Re: [CentOS] changing partition priority on install

2008-10-28 Thread Phil Schaffner
On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 14:59 -0500, Monty Shinn wrote: > Greetings. > > I am in the process of installing 5.1 64 bit on a server. The server > has 2 3ware cards: 9550SX 12 port, and a 8006 2 port, both SATA. Any reason not to use 5.2? Will save a lot of updates, and perhaps some headaches. > I

[CentOS] changing partition priority on install

2008-10-28 Thread Monty Shinn
Greetings. I am in the process of installing 5.1 64 bit on a server. The server has 2 3ware cards: 9550SX 12 port, and a 8006 2 port, both SATA. I want the 8006 board to be /dev/sda, and the 9550 to be /dev/sdb. My plan is to install the os on /dev/sda (8006), and data on /dev/sdb (9550).