Anaconda and Fedora Core 4

[Mark Wormgoor]

Hi,

BIENVILLE Ignace said:
>>    2. Re: Anaconda and Fedora Core 4 (Mark Wormgoor)
>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:20:13 +0200 (CEST)
>> From: "Mark Wormgoor" <mark at wormgoor.com>
>> Subject: Re: Anaconda and Fedora Core 4
>> To: ataraid-list at redhat.com
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>> Hi,
>>
>> >> Does somebody know, how to force anaconda to take the
>> /dev/mapper/via_**
>> >> array as install disk?
>> >> Or how to make a single disk become an array on a VIA chipset after
>> an
>> >> install off dmraid after an installation (transform /dev/sda
>> >> in /dev/mapper/via_**).
>> >> Thanks a lot and best regards
>> >
>> > Anaconda in Fedora Core 4 doesn't do this; it's a planned feature
>> which
>> > I'm working on for FC5.
>>
>> The easiest way (for now) is to install it on a standalone disk and then
>> copy that installation to the dmraid box. You will need two small
>> changes
>> to rc.sysinit and mkinitrd to get it to boot.
>>
>> I have just upgraded my dmraid FC3 box to FC4 (using smart) and FC4
>> works
>> just as good as FC3 with its root on a dmraid disk.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Mark
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> Dear Mark,
>
> I just want to know how do you make it work, what did you  put in your
> rc.sysinit and mkinitrd. As i see you won't answered my direct mail, so
> i'll aske you by the ataraid list!!
> Is it too secret to tell it to us, who's wait impatientely for a working
> linux box on a raid array with our cheapest SATA disk?
>
> so i tell you best regards, and i'll wait for your answer!!
> Ignace

I've attached the patch files to mkinitrd and rc.sysinit.
You also need a patched lilo to install lilo
(http://tienstra4.flatnet.tudelft.nl/~gerte/gen2dmraid/lilo-22.6-dmraid.patch).

Some people have gotten grub to install on dmraid, but I haven't.

Kind regards,

Mark
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