How to install a fake raid in Debian?

How to install a fake raid in Debian?

Add dmraid=true to end of this line and press F10 or Ctrl+X to run installer. Install Debian as usual, until you get to the disk partitioner. You will see your fake RAID as one disk with a confusing long name. Use it as if it were a single disk and configure your partitions any way you want, including LVM and friends. Complete the installation.

How to configure raid partitions in Debian?

Configure RAID 1 We have a raid partition on each disk: 2 Choose the type of multidisk device to be created: 3 We have two partition: 4 (In this example, we have no spare partition). 5 Let’s select the partitions to use: 6 That’s it ! More

How to install Debian using Serial ATA RAID?

This page describes how to install Debian using the Serial ATA RAID (aka fake RAID, BIOS RAID) feature provided by your SATA disk controller. These are controllers that advertise RAID functions but are not supported by a hardware chip for parity. Not to be confused with the Linux kernel’s software RAID feature (Multidisk Device).

How to install root on LVM on raid?

Those few screenshots show how to install root on lvm on raid : Once you have reach DebianInstaller partitioning screen… Choose manual partitioning, then on each disk, manually create a partition (same size on both disks). We have a raid partition on each disk:

How to change dmraid to true in Debian?

Reboot as instructed by Debian Installer. Boot using the Debian installation media again. In the boot menu, go to Advanced Options, and move the cursor to “Rescue system” (do not hit Enter yet): Press Tab to edit the kernel boot line. Add “dmraid=true” without quotes to the end of the line.

How to boot Debian using the installation media?

Boot using the Debian installation media again. In the boot menu, go to Advanced Options, and move the cursor to “Rescue system” (do not hit Enter yet): Press Tab to edit the kernel boot line. Add “dmraid=true” without quotes to the end of the line.