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Subject: Re: IBM ServeRAID + Linux From: Steve Borho <steve@borho.org> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:47:49 -0500 On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 11:19:32AM -0400, stevenma@uc.shu.edu wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm wondering if there's been any change in the idea you shouldn't install > Linux on a RAID Array. For example if you have three drives, you take the > first drive, install Linux on it, then make a RAID array on the other two > and mount it. Has this changed? Can I make a big Hardware RAID 5 array > and install Linux onto it without worrying I'll screw something up when a > disk fails? We're using IBM ServeRAID 3L RAID adapters which work fine, > but I keep hearing that you can't do a root RAID array.. hopefully this > has changed, has it? It used to be that you couldn't have a software RAID root partition. Now the only criteria is you can't have a S-RAID boot partition. I don't think there are any limitations with hardware RAID. But, like everything, YMMV (your mileage may vary). ===