[KLUG Members] Can I Boot SLES 9 from a RAID 1 array?

[Robert V. Kanaley]

Adam and Adam,

Thanks for the feedback on booting Linux from a RAID 1 array. I feel much
more secure about ordering the IBM 346 and booting Linux off of the
motherboard RAID controller.

I planned on ordering SLES 9 as the OS to support the fifty Samba users.

Is SLES 9 overkill for a fifty-user Samba server?

Should I just install FC4 or SuSE 10/openSUSE?



Regards,

Bob

Robert V. Kanaley
Manager Information Systems
Agdia, Inc.
rvk at agdia.com
http://www.agdia.com

>
>If it's a RAID1 on a RAID card, linux won't even know about the RAID -
>it'll just see a SCSI drive, and the RAID controller will hide all the
>nitty gritty.
>

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>> Can I boot SLES 9 off a RAID 1 array (with hot spare) or do I
>need to stick
>> the OS on a separate hard drive to boot off of?
>
>It should work.
>