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