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As an extension of this question since I'm working on setting up a system now. |
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What is better to do with LVM2 after the RAID is created. I am using EVMS also. |
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1. Make all the RAID freespace a big LVM2 container and then and then create LVM2 volumes on top of this big container. |
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2. Parcel out the RAID freespace into LVM2 containers for each partiton (/, /user, etc.). |
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> From: "Richard Fish" <bigfish@××××××××××.org> |
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> Date: 2006/02/20 Mon AM 11:04:55 EST |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] raid/partition question |
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> On 2/20/06, Nick Smith <nick.smith79@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > i think im confusing myself here. can you partition a raid device aka |
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> > /dev/md0? |
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> Yes. You can either use mdadm to create a partitionable raid device, |
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> or use LVM/EVMS (which would be my recommendation) to create logical |
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> volumes on the array. |
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> Just beware that /boot should either be it's own partition (non-raid), |
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> or on a RAID-1 array (with no partitions). Otherwise the boot loader |
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> will have trouble locating and loading the kernel. |
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> -Richard |
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