F19 install and custom / RAID partitioning

Gary Stainburn gary.stainburn at ringways.co.uk
Wed Aug 6 11:14:43 UTC 2014


On Thursday 05 June 2014 11:19:29 Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Thursday 05 June 2014 10:29:36 Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > If I do not create the biosboot partition I can create everything else
> > without errors but when I return to the main screen I get an warning that
> > there is an error checking the storage configuration. The error is:
> >
> > you have not created a bootloader stage 1 target device
> >
> > This was the error that I google'd and got the instruction to create the
> > biosboot partition at 1MB
> >
> > catch 22
>
> Not sure if it was the correct thing to do but I checked the BIOS settings
> and changed some of the stuff from legacy to EFI (?) then also created
> /boot/efi and the installation is now proceeding (hopefully) correctly.
>
> Next to work out how to boot my old server using a LIVE DVD and mount the
> old filesystems. Then sit and watch it rsync about 2GB. Yippee

I'm now at the point where I need to add extra storeage. I'm planning on 
adding another 2x3TB drives in RAID1 but can only find instructions on how to 
do it as part of the initial install, not to an existing system.

Does anyone know of decent instructions on how to do this?

Gary


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