Re: Best partition scheme on HW RAID-5 ?

1999-11-28 Thread Jakob Østergaard
On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 01:27:21AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, [iso-8859-1] Jakob Østergaard wrote: > > > Actually, nothing should stop you from putting the OS on software RAID either. > > Doesn't at least /boot need to be on at most a RAID1 when using software > RAID.

Re: Best partition scheme on HW RAID-5 ?

1999-11-27 Thread jlewis
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, [iso-8859-1] Jakob Østergaard wrote: > Actually, nothing should stop you from putting the OS on software RAID either. Doesn't at least /boot need to be on at most a RAID1 when using software RAID...since boot loaders (like lilo) generally don't know how to read from RAID5?

Re: Best partition scheme on HW RAID-5 ?

1999-11-27 Thread Jakob Østergaard
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 11:06:49PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > > Where did you read that putting the OS on RAID was a no-no? I think you > got some bad info, or maybe remember it incorrectly. If you're using > hardware RAID, there's no

Re: Best partition scheme on HW RAID-5 ?

1999-11-26 Thread jlewis
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The Server: > Dell Poweredge 2300, P3-500, 256 MB RAM, PERC-II SC RAID controller, Adaptec SCSI >controller > 4 x 9 GB LVD SCSI drives > DLT tape unit > Redhat 6.1 - but I'm open to suggestions on another distro > > From what I've read, putting

Best partition scheme on HW RAID-5 ?

1999-11-26 Thread mcclosg
Hi All, I'm looking to put use linux in a production system as a file server and archive unit. I have some questions on partitioning and hardware RAID usage, and would appreciate any feedback. The Server: Dell Poweredge 2300, P3-500, 256 MB RAM, PERC-II SC RAID controller, Adaptec SCSI contr