Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

28CHAPTER 1Installing Red Hat Enterprise LinuxSetting Up Software RAID During InstallationRefer to the “Understanding RAID” section of Chapter 7 for an explanation of softwareRAID. Then use the following steps to create a RAID partition:1. Click the RAID button.2. Select Create a software RAID partition and click OK.3. The Add Partition dialog used to create a standard disk partition appears. As shownin Figure 1.17, select software RAID as the filesystem type, select the allowabledrives, and set its size. Click OK.FIGURE 1.17Adding a Software RAID PartitionRepeat these steps depending on how many software RAID partitions you need for yourparticular RAID configuration. At least two software RAID partitions are needed for any ofthe RAID levels.NOTEIf the /boot or /boot/efi partition is a software RAID partition, it must be RAID 1.After setting up the RAID partitions, RAID devices must be created from them with thefollowing steps:1. Click RAID on the partition list screen.2. Select Create a RAID device as in Figure 1.18 and click OK.