Re: [suse-autoinstall] Re: software raid through autoyast

Hi Reynold, I did a successfull autoyast installation with a mirrored root disk using the following autoyast.xml (parts not relevant omitted). Our system is SLES9 SP2 too. After instalaltion the fstab entries look like this: /dev/md2 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/md0 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/md3 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/md1 swap swap pri=42 0 0 Good Luck Alfred <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd"> <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> <install> <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <global config:type="list"/> foo=bar bar=foo false <linear config:type="boolean">false</linear> /dev/sda grub <location>mbr</location> true true <sections config:type="list"/> <module>e100</module> <module>e1000</module> <module>bcm5700</module> <module>3c59x</module> <module>tulip</module> <module>aic7xxx</module> <module>acenic</module> <module>sym53c8xx</module> </bootloader> <general> <clock> <hwclock>localtime</hwclock> <timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone> </clock> <keyboard> <keymap>english-us</keymap> </keyboard> <language>en_US</language> <mode> <confirm config:type="boolean">true</confirm><!-- accept --> <forceboot config:type="boolean">false</forceboot> <halt config:type="boolean">true</halt> </mode> <mouse> <id>00_ps2</id> </mouse> </general> <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/sda</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <!-- boot --> <partition> 253 <format config:type="boolean">false</format> /dev/md0 raid <size>100mb</size> </partition> <!-- swap --> <partition> 253 <format config:type="boolean">false</format> /dev/md1 raid <size>1gb</size> </partition> <!-- root --> <partition> 253 <format config:type="boolean">false</format> /dev/md2 raid <size>8gb</size> </partition> <!-- home --> <partition> 253 <format config:type="boolean">false</format> /dev/md3 raid <size>8gb</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/sdb</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <!-- boot --> <partition> 253 <format config:type="boolean">false</format> /dev/md0 raid <size>100mb</size> </partition> <!-- swap --> <partition> 253 <format config:type="boolean">false</format> /dev/md1 raid <size>1gb</size> </partition> <!-- root --> <partition> 253 <format config:type="boolean">false</format> /dev/md2 raid <size>8gb</size> </partition> <!-- home --> <partition> 253 <format config:type="boolean">false</format> /dev/md3 raid <size>8gb</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/md</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext2</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/boot</mount> 131 0 raid1 </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> 131 1 raid1 </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/</mount> 131 2 raid1 </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/home</mount> 131 3 raid1 </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> <software> <base>Full-Installation</base> </software> </install> </profile> At 23:26 10.01.2006, Reynold L Demarco wrote:

Sorry, left out some important details.....I'm using SLES9 SP2

Reynold L Demarco wrote:

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Has anyone been able to successfully setup a software raid using autoyast? I've seen a bunch of posts with questions on getting it working, but I haven't seen any successful responses. Specifically I'm trying to mirror /boot, /, and swap without using LVM. I want to keep it simple before I get advanced. It parses my xml file fine, it just can't configure my software RAID. Below is my parititioning section. I've tried many variations on it with no success. Any help is appreciated. My typical error is... "Could not format /dev/md2. You can continue if you know what you are doing, but, to prevent damage your file systems, it is safer to cancel and reboot." <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/hde</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> 253 /dev/md0 raid1 <size>512M</size> </partition> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> 253 /dev/md1 raid1 <size>2g</size> </partition> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> 253 /dev/md2 raid1 <size>200g</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/hdg</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> 253 /dev/md0 raid1 <size>512M</size> </partition> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> 253 /dev/md1 raid1 <size>2g</size> </partition> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> 253 /dev/md2 raid1 <size>200g</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/md</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/boot</mount> 131 0 4 left-asymmetric raid1 </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/md</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> 131 1 4 left-asymmetric raid1 </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/md</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiserfs</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/</mount> 131 2 4 left-asymmetric raid1 </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning>

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