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Michael Mol <mikemol <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> >> > Has anyone installed gentoo on ubuntu raid install? |
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> >> > If so, your experiences? |
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> >> I haven't tried anything that way, but is sounds like using Ubuntu as |
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> >> a fancy bootstrap to replace the Gentoo live boot environment, and |
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> >> seems unnecessary. Have you tried the Gentoo live DVD? |
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It sets up the raid1 on /boot/root/swap (identical drives) really easy. |
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Since GPTfdisk does not exist on any gentoo installation media, it |
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sounds like the easiest (most direct path) to set up a RAID-1 gentoo |
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workstation. |
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SoftwareRAID |
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Is this url the guide you used? |
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Any other links? |
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> > I did this several years ago, because I wanted a functional distro to |
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> > work with while compiling everything, a long task with the hardware of the |
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> > day. It's no different to using a live CD for the job, just make sure the |
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> > tools you need are installing in the host OS before you start. |
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I think I'm going to take the plunge. |
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What did your partition setup look like? |
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Can you post or send me privately a copy of the fstab used for |
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the UUID devices, cdrom etc etc? |
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James |
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