dumb question about RAID and FC1 Install

[Luc Bouchard]

redhat said:
> I am in the process of installing a new mail server.  I have 5 drives -
> 2 with RAID 1 and the other 3 RAID 5.  The R1 array was intended for the
> OS and the R5 for the data.  When I went in to configure the drives on
> the GUI installation process the automatic drive configuration utility
> selected both RAIDs for install by default.  I deselected my R5 side and
> went ahead with the install on the R1 drives.  Didn't really think too
> much about it at the time but now I can see the RAID 5 under /dev/sdb
> but it is like "unformatted space".  Do I need to go back and do a
> reinstall and let the install program use both RAIDS for the install
> procedure or is there something "post install" that I can do to activate
> these drives and begin using it for data?  Any help appreciated.
> thanks,
> Doug
>
>


"man mkfs" will give you all the info you need to format the drive.  Then edit the
/etc/fstab to mount the drive appropriately.

Luc Bouchard