[dundee] Ubuntu Install RAID 1 + LVM is a no go..

[Andrew Clayton]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:51:59 +0000 (GMT), Lee Hughes wrote:

> Okay, so software raid is cool , and I can see it's advantages over
> hardware raid..
> 
> but
> 
> If I install an ubunutu machine, I go through manual partitioning,
> and set up a raid 1 mirror (using two disks). If I then tell lvm to
> setup on that drive (raid device 0), the install then tried to
> parition the md device into two parts, a ext3 /boot and the rest as
> lvm.
> 
> as we all know you can't partition raid devices, so them comes
> meltdown.
> 
> I've tried to be clever too and create two raid device 1, for /boot
> and 1 for the lvm but the install just tried to partition again...
> 
> ???????????????
> 
> I presume you've all set up raid and lvm *after* the initial install
> of the o/s

I've never used LVM.

I've setup RAID both after and during OS install (CentOS & Fedora)

I wonder why LVM is trying to partition your RAID array? Not really
familiar with it, but wouldn't the RAID array just be a member of a
Logical Volume Group?...


Andrew