Debian squeeze raid boot bromografo java ripristino linux raid useragent recognition. Home how to set up software raid1 on a running system incl. It came with a 250gb sata, so i added a second 250gb sata. This post will explain how to set up a nas server with debian running essential services such as ssh, samba, nfs, cups, rdiffbackup and rtorrent with a web interface. This guide explains how to set up software raid1 on an already running linux ubuntu 12. I started creating raid1 from existing standard instalation of debian on single drive. Following is my checklist to do squeeze to wheezy upgrades. Cant boot newly created mdadm software raid in debian linux squeeze. Can you install debian squeeze into a software raid 1, and install proxmox on top of that.
They are presented in the order they appear during the install. Alexander kojevnikov blog diy nas with debian lenny. So, i cant see how anyone can use the debian installer to setup raid. Use the following method only if you want to have a dualboot system with debian and the other operating system on the same serial ata raid. This is tested on debian squeeze, but should work on most debian derived distributions and on other linux distributions with small changes. I just post it here so i can understand the problem better. I have 2 disk western digital wd2002faex 2tb and i want to install squeeze with software raid 1 and gpt instead of old msdos partition map. Can anybody help as so far, im not doing very well, appreciated if you can help. The components have been grouped into stages that should be recognizable for users. Hello i have very strange problem creating swraid on debian squeeze linux. The goal is to setup a raid1 device to mount as and to boot from. When i disconnect first hd and turn power on, system will not boot to operating system. For really critical data, raid1 can of course be set up on more than two disks, with a direct impact on the ratio of hardware cost versus available payload space.
The grub2 bootloader will be configured in such a way that the system will still be able to boot if one of the hard drives fails no matter which one. Another raid1 device will be used as swap, to have a. Setting up raid using mdadm on existing drive guy rutenberg. This has been possible through complex installation procedures in the past, but today the debian etch installer is capable of handling such an installation if you follow the proper steps, which i outline in this article. Once again, debian keeps the xen users on their toes. This is the preferable and more reliable method to establish software raid arrays. This document gives an example on how to setup a clean linux system which can boot directly from a software raid device. I want to use grub2 as boot loader, but i read that is needed to be created a bios boot partition. Using configure software raid im creating raid 1 devices on pairs of partitions earlier marked as.
How to set up software raid1 on a running system incl. Maintainers for mdadm are debian qa group you might like to refer to the mdadm package page, to the package tracking system, or to the source package src. I have just installed a via pci to raid controller card and i do not know if it is working. After the system installation, ive done a grubinstall on devmd0 already done by the install but to be sure, devsdn and devsdm. Im have a running debian squeeze server openmediavault. I have tested all tips, but still have same problem. Can anybody help as so far, im not doing very well, appreciated if. Two are use for a booting root filesystem in a raid 1 array devmd0 using devsdn and devsdm. How install a linux softwareraid 1 on debian squeeze. We provide a debian repository containing all packages to install proprietary and opensource tools for you raid card. Grub2 configuration debian squeeze scan your webserver for malware with ispprotect now. Cant boot newly created mdadm software raid in debian. Data are stored identically on both disks, hence the mirror nickname.
Linux software raid 1 is made with debian installer. So i bought new drive and started following this tutorial. This document contains installation instructions for the debian gnulinux 6. The example below shows how to create a software raid1 array on debian systems. How to migrate a single disk linux system to software raid1. See the debian installation guide for more information. It is able to convert a single linux system disk in to a software raid 1, 4, 5, 6 or 10 system in a twopass simple command. I too run raid1 on all my debian systems so ill add comments from my experience. This howto demonstrates the procedure for converting your current debian linux install into a raid. I am attempting to install debian using the software raid raid 1.
Centos 7 with software raid 1 and lvm for root and swap duration. The debian squeeze installer allows for raid setup, but then tries to install grub2 to devsda instead of devmd0. Previous post common commands for foundry switches and load balancers next post how to install a pptp server on debian squeeze. All proxmox ve versions do not support linux software raid mdraid.
I have begun with setting up raid with a spare 4th disk i had laying around, which would then become a source for one of the real new disks i had. This page contains some screenshots to demonstrate it, and applies to debian 5. Setting up raid on an existing debianubuntu installation. When i disconnect second hd and turn power on, everything is ok. Our team at linuxforce recently put together a debian server with lvm on a software raid5 volume. In the debian installer, partition each disk to have a 256mb partition and a second partition that is the rest of the disk.
Virtualbox causes xorg server segfault on startup of xp guest vm debian perl cant locate datecalc. Disk partitions devhda1 and devhdc1 will be used as the members of the raid array md0, which will be mounted on the home partition. Hello members, how can i install a linux softwareraid 1 on debian squeeze using mdadm 2 disks. I have written almost the same guide some years ago, but i wanted to add an extra disk to my qnap nas and decided to write it down again. Raider is a tool to automate linux software raid conversion. If the installation does not allow it, then install grub2 on sda and after the installation of squeeze is completed. How to configure a debian squeeze linux system to boot from a raid1 device using grub, such as the system can boot even if the boot disk fails orand is removed. It also contains pointers to more information and information on how. After stuck with this problem until midnight i just install them with software raid.
In this example, we use virtual machine qemu or kvm. Also, they are switching to debian for the next version. Areca is a fairly new player on the sata hardware raid market, but they offer unprecedented features and have excellent driver support for linux. Set the usage for both partitions all 8 of them, in total to physical volume for raid. That means, its not tested in our labs and not recommended, but its still used by experienced users. Upgrading to wheezy on a standard system is fairly straight forward, but once xen is involved, i ran into some strangeness. Why is uefi firmware unable to access a software raid 1 bootefi partition. Are there any way to detect if my server on debian 6 is using raid by hardware or software i have used some command but my server do not recognize them. When one disk fails, the data is still available on the other. The data can be read from either drive without going through the software raid layer, unlike most other raid formats.
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