[linux-lvm] LVM and RAID

[Tobias Gablunsky]

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> On Tuesday 04 November 2003 11:49, Tobias Gablunsky wrote:
> > Hi all!
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> > I didn't find clear information about how to use LVM on an 
> (Software)
> > RAID-Mirror (or RAID-5). All I found, were problems: LVM 
> uses Partition
> > Type
>  0x8E but Linux Soft-RAID uses 0xFD - this dosn't look very
> > compatible... A solution would be to use Hardware-RAID of 
> course. But I'm
> > wondering if there is a way to use Software-RAID and LVM 
> together - I
> > cannot believe that I am the first one with this question! Am I?
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> I just created the software raid, and pointed pvcreate at it.
> Works like a charm.

Well thats fine but if you want your kernel to boot use your RAID-Volumes
automatically you have to give it partition type 0xFD. And if you want
automatically mounted LVM you need to give it the partition type 0x8E - So
did you ever reboot your system?


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> Mike Williams
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