kickstart using raw disks as raid

[Tracy R Reed]

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Jason Edgecombe wrote:
> Hi There,

Hi!

> Even when running a linux box with local drives, you still need /boot as 
> a regular or RAID1 partition. This porbably isn't neccessary since 
> you're running diskless, though.

In my case I don't really even need a /boot at all because the kernel
and initrd come from the xen domain0. Xen sets up the kernel and starts
it running and gives it the initrd. But I have a /boot and it is outside
of LVM anyway because RedHat's kickstart insists that it be so. But I am
sure in the near future they will have kickstart modified to work more
nicely with virtual machines.

> Pick a convenient size such as 10GB or 20GB, depending on your needs. 
> Allocate new hard drives based on need. The first hard drive contains 
> partitions  for /boot if necessary and the physical volume for the root 
> volume group. When you need more space add a new drive, RAID it if 
> neccesary, then add it to the volume group. LVM makes adding and 
> removing devices much easier than resizing the devices. If you still 
> want to resize devices, add a new device with the desired size, RAID it, 
> then remove the old device from the volume group.

That's not a bad idea. It would still have been nice to be able to
resize the devices because I don't want to have a ridiculous number of
"drives" (even though they are all virtual provided by AoE) just because
it might become a management problem. But I think this will do until
some better solution presents itself. Thanks!

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Tracy R Reed
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