Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-14 Thread Linux Lingam
PS: RMS gave a talk in Cochin yesterday on Free Software in Ethics and Practice. I will try to get hold of a copy of the video and post on youtube or get somebody to post it. suggestion+opinion: stay away from youtube for the above type of video, if you wish to promote foss-based

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-11 Thread Anoop John
w.r.t your urls, neither of those two even talk about lvm :D Anyway, i think we've had a point made. Time to move on. I guess you made your points. My lesson learnt - It is tougher in Ubuntu to setup raid+lvm than some other distros :). I happen to be a Ubuntu supporter and I had to defend it

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-09 Thread Karanbir Singh
Jasbir Khehra wrote: The Alternate and Server Install cd use the debian installer. And these are also official builds from Ubuntu. Yup the 'livecd' doesnt have a GUI lvm/md installer. you might want to keep in mind that most people these days have given up on text based installs in business /

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-09 Thread Karanbir Singh
Anoop John wrote: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3962140postcount=11 Also check this other link i got from google search on ubuntu software raid during installation http://knowledge76.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Server_Install_With_Software_RAID I am not sure about Raid-6 though Not quite

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Linux Lingam
On Jan 5, 2008 10:49 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: I have been having some terrible time with Linux RAID recently on Ubuntu. I dont like major changes being done on such critical components without testing. thats why I recommend people use a proper

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Karanbir Singh
Linux Lingam wrote: thats why I recommend people use a proper distro which has been tested properly in an enterprise or business environment. Ubunbu is not one of them. one free alka seltzer for canonical from karanbir, as canonical is trying to create a business model around ubuntu... Not

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Jasbir Khehra
On 1/8/08, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure how that is even relevant here. Ubuntu is incapable of doing a proper custom install. Have you tried setting up lvm / mdraid on an ubuntu install in the recent past ? Doing that since Ubuntu 5.04 i.e. April-2005. No problems at all and

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Ashish Shukla
On 1/8/08, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux Lingam wrote: thats why I recommend people use a proper distro which has been tested properly in an enterprise or business environment. Ubunbu is not one of them. one free alka seltzer for canonical from karanbir, as canonical is

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Anoop John
thats why I recommend people use a proper distro which has been tested properly in an enterprise or business environment. Ubunbu is not one of Setting up software RAID during the installation of Ubuntu is very easy and can be done in a few steps. I had a problem booting into the system after

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Karanbir Singh
Jasbir Khehra wrote: On 1/8/08, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure how that is even relevant here. Ubuntu is incapable of doing a proper custom install. Have you tried setting up lvm / mdraid on an ubuntu install in the recent past ? Doing that since Ubuntu 5.04 i.e. April-2005.

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Karanbir Singh
Karanbir Singh wrote: Jasbir Khehra wrote: On 1/8/08, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure how that is even relevant here. Ubuntu is incapable of doing a proper custom install. Have you tried setting up lvm / mdraid on an ubuntu install in the recent past ? Doing that since

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Karanbir Singh
Anoop John wrote: thats why I recommend people use a proper distro which has been tested properly in an enterprise or business environment. Ubunbu is not one of Setting up software RAID during the installation of Ubuntu is very easy and can be done in a few steps. I had a problem booting

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Anoop John
On Jan 8, 2008 11:52 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd love to find out what the 'easy steps' are in order to get a raid-6 setup and put lvm-span on top of that. Like I said, it was quite some time ago that I had tried Ubuntu with RAID. I installed with the alternate install CD

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Jasbir Khehra
On Jan 8, 2008 11:25 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Karanbir Singh wrote: Jasbir Khehra wrote: On 1/8/08, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure how that is even relevant here. Ubuntu is incapable of doing a proper custom install. Have you tried setting up lvm /

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-08 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Raj Mathur wrote: On Friday 04 Jan 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: [snip] How have others Linux RAID experience in recent Linux distros been? Running a server with Debian Etch (stable) with 15 RAID-5 volumes with 6 partitions in each volume + 2 RAID-1 volumes for the past 3 months. No

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-05 Thread Karanbir Singh
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: I have been having some terrible time with Linux RAID recently on Ubuntu. I dont like major changes being done on such critical components without testing. thats why I recommend people use a proper distro which has been tested properly in an enterprise or business

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-04 Thread Vipul Mathur
[snipping] On Jan 4, 2008 11:25 AM, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/+bug/125471/comments/4 (4th comment, root NOT on raid but booting into initramfs) How have others Linux RAID experience in recent Linux distros been? created

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-04 Thread Manish
On Jan 4, 2008 11:25 AM, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] I have been having some terrible time with Linux RAID recently on Ubuntu. I dont like major changes being done on such critical components without testing. [snip] Now I am having serious doubts on using RAID on

Re: [ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-04 Thread Raj Mathur
On Friday 04 Jan 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: [snip] How have others Linux RAID experience in recent Linux distros been? Running a server with Debian Etch (stable) with 15 RAID-5 volumes with 6 partitions in each volume + 2 RAID-1 volumes for the past 3 months. No issues so far. Of

[ilugd] Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!

2008-01-03 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Karanbir Singh wrote: 2-4GB RAM 2x320 GB HDD. - which of cheaper motherboards have SATA RAID? if you get a quad core, dont touch the h/w onboard sata raid. Just stick with linux mdraid. The fact that you retain portability and are more or I have been having some terrible time with