[BlueOnyx:17855] Re: Fresh install 5208R, no RAID1

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Hi Jeff,

On 6/19/2015 11:05 PM, Jeff Folk wrote:
> This has come up before, as I see in the archives.
>
> I'm trying to install 5208R on a machine with 2 1.5 TB disks, but the installer creates the partitions in a striped format:
>
> VolGroup 2861092 MB in size.
>
> These two disks were part of a RAID5 array, but I thought the installer would blow away the former setup?

If the disks were previously a part of a Linux software RAID or a 
hardware/software "fRAID" controlled array, they still carry the RAID 
flags on them and that will need to be removed.

> Is there a special boot parameter for the installer to force RAID1?

Yes.  Use the "nodmraid" option.  That will get you the results you're 
looking for.

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