Install F18 using LVM on RAID

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On 06.06.2013 10:30, Gerhard Gappmeier wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to get F18 installed on a server (x86_64). The setup is quiet easy 
> and typical for a server:
> 
> Partitions:
> sda1: primary partition, 512M
> sda2: primary partition, rest of the disk
> sdb1: primary partition, 512M
> sdb2: primary partition, rest of the disk
> 
> SOFT RAID:
> /dev/md0: raid1, consists of sda1 and sdb1
> /dev/md1: raid1, consists of sda2 and sdb2
> 
> md0: formatted with ext2, mounted as /boot
> md1: LVM physical device.
> 
> LVM:
> LVM VG: "vg" using md1
> LVM LV: "root", formatted as ext4, mounted as /
> LVM LV: "var", formatted as ext4, mounted as /var (this is for libvirt disk 
> images)
> LVM LV: "swap", swap partition
> 
> Grub installed in both MBRs of sda and sdb, to allow  booting from both disks.
> 
> Unfortunately the installer does not allow to create this kind of partition 
> layout. With F17 this was possible.
> 
> What I've already tried:
> 
> 1.) creating the layout manually using fdisk, mdadm and lvm tools. Selecting 
> only the mountpoint in installer: This does not work. The installer does not 
> correctly recognize the layout. I was not able to select the mountpoints.
> 
> 2.) Installing F17 and upgrade using fedup. This fails. Seems like fedup is 
> not able to handle this layout.
> 
> 3.) Kickstart: It looks like this is most likely the way to get it working. 
> But I was not able to write a working kickstart script. The online doc is not 
> enough for that. I found same kickstart examples using Google, but these 
> didn't work either.
> 
> Maybe somebody can assists me with that or has a better idea how to install 
> that system.

19-TC2 driven by anaconda-19.30.3 is capable for a mentioned layout.
http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/19-TC2/Fedora/[i386|x86_64]/iso/Fedora-19-TC2-[i386|x86_64]-netinst.iso
or
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/bfo/bfo.iso
i.e. Pre-release > Fedora-19-Branched-[i386|x86_64]


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