On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:48:10 -0500 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 08:55 -0500, Zane C.B. wrote: > > > > > > > > You really do not want to do it this way. Setting up raid on a > > > > partitions just seems like such a bad idea on so many levels. > > > > You should do it on the entire disk. Last time I remember > > > > messing with it, the setup screen for that was not capable of > > > > doing that. > > > > > > Why do you think that? > > > Being able to do it by partition provides for more flexibility. > > > > Because it provides to totally freaking unneeded process. I don't > > see how it provides any more flexibility. > > What if your disks aren't the same size or you want to handle > portions like swap in a different way? If you do happen to > want identical partitioning on 2 drives you can do that in > one command line with sfdisk, although I prefer to do it > interactively to be sure it is right. Then the smallest disk determines the size. If you are not raiding the swap as well, you are screwed. The swap or a chunk of it going missing is not a good thing.
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