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RAID
Setup on Centos on Installation
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RAID setup for Centos
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Put the 2 disks in the machine as masters each in separate Interfaces
Start from a Centos DVD or CD.
Select the Language and the keyboard.
Select "Custom Layout"
Click RAID button, and select "Create Software RAID to setup
a raid for the /boot directory.
Select ONLY hda or SDA and size of 500Mb
Select "Force Primary Partition" and Click NEXT
Do the same for the other drive (hdc od sdc)
You should have 2 RAID partitions.
Click on RAID Button again and select "Create RAID Device
Default (MD0)
Select Mount point to be "/boot", type EXT3, and Raid
1 for a mirrored drive.
Do the same thing but now select hda and hdc to fill MAX to use
the rest of the disk for the size.
Click RAID button again and select "Create a RAID device".
Select file system to be LVM, MD1 and RAID 1
Click on LVM Button. and Enter the VG name ie: VG_winc_01
Click the "add" button. Select file system "SWAP"
and the name of LV_swap size 2000Mb or twice the amount of memory.
Click the "ADD" button again, select the mount point
"/", type EXT3, enter the name of LV_root.
Click "OK" to end. and you are done so continue to install
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