[BlueOnyx:18624] Re: Tips for large disk installation

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Chris,

> We are setting up a customer with a BlueOnyx server with 10TB of disk.

I'd suggest to go with 5209R instead of 5208R. There is a better chance
that it'll work. The Anaconda (and also Grub for that matter) on EL6 are
perhaps not yet up to speed to handle disks and partitions of that size.

Either way: Formatting /home will take ages.

Additionally: The 5209R ISO will give you more options out of the box
and the Grub it comes with is as modern as it gets. You could select
expert mode there and do the formatting and partition layout yourself.
But be sure to select the "BlueOnyx" group from the list of available
packages.

Actually: I wouldn't mess around with this too long. See if 5209R
installs "out of the box" with the default install option. Just give it
long enough to format /home. You could actually press CTRL + ALT + the
function keys to go to the consoles. At least one of them will show you
how many blocks it has already formatted and how many more there are
until it's done. That will show you the actual progress a lot better.
For 10TB the progress bar in the graphical install probably might move
one pixel every couple of ten-thousand blocks. :p

If that doesn't work, use Expert Mode, partition yourself and make /home
1TB or thereabouts. Select the BlueOnyx group from the package list and
let the install go through.

Once everything is up and you have done the initial setup, "blow" the
/home partition up to maximum size. That should work either way.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber