[nzlug] Trying to Install Ubuntu 7.04

[Steve Holdoway]

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:33:47 +1200
Dave Lane <dave at egressive.com> wrote:

> You don't mention what sort or RAID you're using - if you're wanting to 
> set up software RAID 1 (which I recommend), you'll need to use the 
> "alternative" install disk, as it supports creating the RAID array as 
> part of the install process...  You may also want to write Grub to both 
> disks, to ensure that if either one fails, the other knows how to boot. 
>   You'll have to set the root device to one drive and then the other, 
> running update-grub each time.
There are also bios issues to think of. Both 'fake' and 'real' software raid is available. The'fake' is analogous to the Microsoft raid that is now so common, and you'd initially configure the array in bios. For 'real' software raid, you'd need to turn all of that off, and allow linux to perform all of the configuration...

Steve