[NTLUG:Discuss] Mandrake 7 -- review / Bootable root raid partitions

[Dan Carlson]

Which kernel version does it use?  Does their install procedure support
setting up a bootable root raid partition?

So far the only distros I've seen that do this are RedHat 6.1 and the RedHat
6.2 Beta I found at
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-6.2beta/.  I'm
interested because I bought two Maxtor 40 GB drives a week ago that I am
trying to set up as a raid 1 array.

The problem with with RedHat 6.1 is that is uses kernel 2.2.12, which
doesn't properly handle ide drives over 33.8 GB.  To handle ide drives over
33.8 GB you need kernel 2.2.14 or 2.3.21 or later.  The 6.2 Beta claims to
be using kernel 2.2.15 (interesting because 2.2.14 appears to be the latest
2.2 release).

On the bright side, the 6.2 Beta does appear to properly handle the drives
to their full capacity, and I have succeeded in creating a bootable root
raid partition.  On the downside, I'm not thrilled with using a beta release
on what will be my main server.  Does anybody else have experience with the
6.2 Beta, or other releases that can support installing into a bootable root
raid partition "out of the box"?

Thanks,

Dan Carlson

----- Original Message -----
From: <sunflower1043 at juno.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 1:13 PM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Mandrake 7 -- review


> Hi to all --
>
> Maybe you all have read some favorable reviews of Mandrake 7 -- on
> LinuxNewbie or elsewhere -- like I have recently.  I installed it last
> weekend, and have been meaning to post this;  I am pretty impressed with
> it so far, myself.  Of course, proceed at your own risk; for me, looks
> like it will be my distro of choice for the time being.
>
> ...