Before starting acquire all software indicated in section Required Software
Below are reported links to a kernel with static RAID and LVM support and to RAM disk images that can be used to boot the system. Before downloading any of these read sections Install custom kernel with statically compiled RAID and LVM and Install RAM disk with LVM support.
Kernel package 2.4.18 with static RAID and LVM support: http://www.midhgard.it/files/lvm/kernel/kernel-image-2.4.18-lvm_1.0_i386.deb
RAM disk for kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 with modular RAID and LVM support: http://www.midhgard.it/files/lvm/initrd/bf2.4/initrd.gz
RAM disk for kernel with static RAID and LVM support: http://www.midhgard.it/files/lvm/initrd/custom/initrd.gz
Write the extension disk image to a blank formatted floppy.
From a linux system do:
dd if=lar1440.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 conv=sync ; sync |
From a Windows 9x or MS-DOS system use RaWrite3 or a similar tool, from a Windows NT, 2K or XP system use NTRawrite.
Look at this section of the Debian install manual for more info.
To speed up install process place on another formatted floppy disk some scripts and configuration files that will be used during install:
Install script install_lvm1: this script will execute almost all commands necessary to create RAID arrays, logical volumes, file systems and mount them. The same commands can be executed one by one, but the use of this script speeds up the whole process. The suggestion is to complete at least one installation by hand, then use the script. The script must be adapted for disk and logical volumes configuration.