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How do I install debian 12 properly with debian-installer?
Hi!
I have been trying to install Debian 12 on my server for the past few days.
I want to have software Raid 0 on my server with 2x1TB disk.
I have been successfully installed it by making Raid 0, then splitting it into 2 partition for / and swap. But in fdisk -l, I got error like
partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary
I have been Googling but still can't understand how can I do it properly at install time.
So I checked my Raid 0 Hetzner server. Hetzner do it differently. It splits every drive, then combine them with Raid 0.
/dev/sda
|_ /dev/sda1 /
|_ /dev/sda2 swap
/dev/sdb
|_ /dev/sdb1 /
|_ /dev/sdb2 swap
It then do Raid 0 on sda1 and sdb1 for / which should assign them with /dev/md0, then do the same for swap by doing Raid 0 on sda2 and sdb2 which will assign them with /dev/md1.
I did that, but the server won't boot. It just says something like Attempting to boot from Drive C: and stays like that forever.
So my questions are:
* How do I properly do Raid 0 in the installer?
* How do I properly make separate /boot partition? Hetzner make RAID 1 for /boot. But I cannot make GRUB choose that partition.
* GRUB seems want to install only on a drive. I can only choose first or second drive. Tried putting /dev/md2 which is a /boot partition I created with EXT4 type, but GRUB failed to install. How do I install GRUB properly in the installer?
Notes:
* I access the server via ilo4
* Server comes with 2x1TB HDD
* I use Graphic Install
Thank you.
Comments
Sorry but friends don't let friends RAID 0 /s
1) Boot in rescue mode and use installimage to install Debian 11 with raid 0.
2) Upgrade Debian 11 to Debian 12.
There are plenty of how-to guides on Google that describe both steps.
Oh sorry if my post is not clear enough. I am not trying to install on Hetzner. I only have ilo4 access to install the server. I was using Hetzner to check how they did it on their server with installimage as reference.
So my only choice is to install with debian installer.
Don't worry, no important data will be stored on this server. I don't mind losing them anytime😁
Your server is HP/HPE branded because of iLO interface.
Do you have HP SmartArray controller? If yes, just create RAID 0 array and start Linux installer...
Its usually easier to use the HW raid to create the raid you want. If you dont have one you can create a soft-raid during the debian install phase. Are you using HW or soft raid? The debian softraid menus are kinda a pain to setup at install vs alamalinux. Alma is easier.