<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Greg,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I was able to get Fedora 7 on the V3-M2A690G
(M2A-VM) hardware build using the i386-Instal-DVD. I set the BIOS=AHCI
mode,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">and the Fedora installer correctly noticed
this and added the appropriate AHCI drivers.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The install used LVM, so my setup is:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/dev/sda1 -- /boot</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/dev/sda5 -- LVM2
(contains / and swap)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I able able to get Apache, PHP, and
PostgreSQL up and running. The levels are different than the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ones from Debian:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Apache 2.2.4</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">PHP 5.2.2</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">PostgreSQL 8.2.7</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The PostgreSQL was not part of the standard
Fedora install, so I used yum to install and confirm as follows</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">(which I modified from this version
here: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/linux/install_postgresql.htm)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">yum -y install postgresql postgresql-server
php-pgsql</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"># /sbin/chkconfig postgresql
on</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"># /sbin/service postgresql
initdb</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"># /sbin/service postgresql
start</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"># su - postgres</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">$ psql template1</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">psql# create user web_user;</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">psql# create database web_db
owner web_user;</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">psql$ \q</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">$ vi /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg-hba.conf</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">(changed line "local all
all ident sameuser" to "local all all trust")</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">$ exit</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"># /sbin/service postgresql
restart</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"># psql -U web_user web_db</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">web_db ==></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">So, I think the hardware platform fits
both purposes (Fedora 7 and Debian), but making this into a dual</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">boot configuration will be complicated,
given that Apache, PHP and PostgreSQL are different levels on</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">each. It is possible that the
release levels are compatible enough that it doesn't matter, and it might</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">be possible to find specific levels
of each to install under both Fedora 7 and Debian. Perhaps work</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">with Tarun to see if he needs specific
features or capabilities of anything in particular.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I can put a dual-boot system together,
but it might mean that each stack is completely different, boot</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Fedora/Apache 2.2.4/PHP 5.2.2/PostgreSQL
8.2.7 seleting one choice, and Debian/Apache2.2.3/PHP 5.2.0/PostgreSQL
7.4</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">with the second choice on a "grub"
menu. To pull this off, I envision carving the lun as follows:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/dev/sda1 --- /boot (Fedora)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/dev/sda2 --- /boot (Debian)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/dev/sda5 --- LVM2 (contains
/(Fedora) /(Debian) swap /common)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">you could have several "/common"
directories such as /var/www/html for your GUI, and these would</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">be shared whether you boot Fedora or
Debian.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Next steps:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It appears that combining LVM2 and RAID-1
might not be as difficult as I thought. Here are tutorials</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">for how to do this for Fedora and Debian.</font>
<br>
<br><a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-lvm-on-top-of-software-raid1-rhel-fedora"><font size=3 color=blue><u>http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-lvm-on-top-of-software-raid1-rhel-fedora</u></font></a><font size=3 color=blue><u><br>
</u></font><a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/set-up-raid1-on-a-running-lvm-system-debian-etch"><font size=3 color=blue><u>http://www.howtoforge.com/set-up-raid1-on-a-running-lvm-system-debian-etch</u></font></a>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In this mode:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/dev/md0 --- would be /dev/sda1
and /dev/sdb1 (Fedora /boot)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/dev/md1 -- would be /dev/sda2
and /dev/sdb2 (Debian /boot)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/dev/md2 -- would be /dev/sda5 and /dev/sdb5
(Shared LVM2)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It appears that both Fedora and Debian
support "dmraid" driver.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-- Tony</font>
<br>