Date:  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:35:25 -0500
From:  "Brian N. Smith" <brian (at mark) nuonce.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:04422] Re: RAID
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <004c01c653aa$fc0612c0$1e64a8c0 (at mark) nuonce.net>
References:  <442B434D.3080000 (at mark) rainstormconsulting.com>
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> I recently purchased a Dell 2850 and installed the system using the 
> CentOS/BlueQuartz iso from Nuonce. The server has dual 146 gb drives.
>
> Everything appears to be functioning very well so far except for Raid.
> Is there something I can do to get Raid functioning correctly?

There are two types of RAID

Hardware RAID (via SCSI Controller, built in, etc).
Software RAID

When using Software RAID, you must select it during the installation.  F2 
(LILO) is recommend most, and my new CD will be removing GRUB RAID due to 
rebuild problems.  Long story short, you need to manually copy the MBR if 
you replace a failed drive.

If your using Hardware RAID, that is controlled outside of CentOS Linux. 
The BIOS only reports a single hard drive to the OS.  So, you should only 
install "Single".

So, if your system doesn't show RAID, which it doesn't, chances are you 
select Single Hard drive install.

Hope that clears it up some!

Thanks,

Brian N. Smith
NuOnce Networks, Inc.