<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Well, I'm brickwalling on this.<br><br>I should be able to do a raid install with this..<br><br>according to http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/install.en.txt<br><br>I should be able to lvm , raid and crypt installs using preseed..<br><br>can I get to work thought?!! :-(<br><br>according to the docs....<br><br>I preseed with this, but can I get it work??? <br><pre># The method should be set to "raid".<br>#d-i partman-auto/method string raid<br># Specify the disks to be partitioned. They will all get the same layout,<br># so this will only work if the disks are the same size.<br>#d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/discs/disc0/disc /dev/discs/disc1/disc<br><br># Next you need to specify the physical partitions that will be used.<br>#d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \<br># multiraid :: \<br>#
1000 5000 4000 raid \<br># $primary{ } method{ raid } \<br># . \<br># 64 512 300% raid \<br># method{ raid } \<br># . \<br># 500 10000 1000000000 raid \<br># method{ raid } \<br># .<br><br># Last you need to specify how the previously defined partitions will be<br># used in the RAID setup. Remember to use the correct partition numbers<br># for logical partitions.<br># Parameters are:<br># <raidtype> <devcount> <sparecount> <fstype> <mountpoint> \<br># <devices> <sparedevices><br># RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 are supported; devices are separated using "#"<br>#d-i
partman-auto-raid/recipe string \<br># 1 2 0 ext3 / \<br># /dev/discs/disc0/part1#/dev/discs/disc1/part1 \<br># . \<br># 1 2 0 swap - \<br># /dev/discs/disc0/part5#/dev/discs/disc1/part5 \<br># . \<br># 0 2 0 ext3 /home \<br># /dev/discs/disc0/part6#/dev/discs/disc1/part6 \<br># .<br><br># This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation.<br>d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true<br>d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true<br>d-i partman/choose_partition select finish<br>d-i partman/confirm boolean true<br><br></pre><br><br><br><br><br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 6/2/09, Lee Hughes <i><toxicnaan@yahoo.co.uk></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:
2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Lee Hughes <toxicnaan@yahoo.co.uk><br>Subject: Re: [dundee] Raid 1 + Encryption<br>To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee@lists.lug.org.uk>, "Sean McRobbie" <lug@seany.us><br>Date: Friday, 6 February, 2009, 2:34 PM<br><br><div id="yiv152770554"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; -x-system-font: none;" valign="top">Right, seems I've hit another snag. I need to use the debian installer, because I use<br>it to netboot machine, and use the bebian installer to get it on it's feet.<br><br>It seems that I've come up with a configuration the partman can't handle.<br><br>has anyone be able to tell d-i and partman raid+lvm+encryption?<br><br>is it possible to
just forget partman, and run a shell script , then continue with a normal<br>installtion?<br><br>Hope you can help!!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Lee<br><br><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 4/2/09, Sean McRobbie <i><lug@seany.us></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Sean McRobbie <lug@seany.us><br>Subject: Re: [dundee] Raid 1 + Encryption<br>To: toxicnaan@yahoo.co.uk, "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee@lists.lug.org.uk><br>Date: Wednesday, 4
February, 2009, 4:11 PM<br><br><pre>Hello,<br><br>The alternate install CD for Ubuntu Server provides RAID+LVM+LUKS. I have<br>successfully set up plenty of Ubuntu servers using nothing more than their<br>installer for RAID1 drives.<br><br>With the installer, I *think* the process goes like this:<br><br>Create 256mb raid disk md0 on drive 1<br>Create 256mb raid disk md0 on drive 2<br>Create 2GB swap on drive 1<br>Create 2GB swap on drive 2<br>Create raid disk md1 on remaining space on both drives<br><br>Create /boot on md0 as ext2<br>Create LVM on md1<br>(my memory fails at this point) Create ext3 LUKS on the LVM.<br><br>Hope this helps<br><br>Regards,<br>Sean McRobbie<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Lee Hughes" <toxicnaan@yahoo.co.uk><br>To: dundee@lists.lug.org.uk<br>Sent: Wednesday, 4 February, 2009 14:13:06 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,<br>Portugal<br>Subject: [dundee] Raid 1 + Encryption<br><br><br>okay, now here's a
question<br> for you.. <br><br>after following the *excellent guide here* <br><br>http://advosys.ca/viewpoints/2007/04/setting-up-software-raid-in-ubuntu-server/<br><br><br>I got a very good raid 1 setup, it's suprising stable and quick. <br><br>However , how does one add encrypted raid 1? is it possible ? I'm sure<br>it's out <br>the power of the normal install.... <br><br>go an scare me with a config or two.. <br><br>Cheers, <br>Lee <br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on<br>
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