software raid and grub on FC3

[Aleksandar Milivojevic]

Paul Pianta wrote:
> Is this bug report worthy?

Maybe, but I wouldn't be suprised if nobody runs to fix it.

> In its current form - I don't really see Fedora/RedHat software raid as
> being a complete RAID 'solution' - without having the ability to
> disconnect either disk and instantly boot from the other ...

Use LILO instead.  If you choose LILO as your boot loader during 
install, Anaconda will install it on both disk drives (if your boot 
partition is mirrored).  Actually, Anaconda will just write correct LILO 
confing file, and LILO itself will install correctly (if you have for 
example "boot=/dev/md0" in lilo.conf, LILO will check what md0 is, and 
install itself to all submirrors of md0).

This issue with Grub is the primary reason I'm still using LILO.  I kind 
of got tired of fixing it on each and every install I'm doing (well, I 
automated it as part of postinstall script in kickstart configuration 
file, but still liked LILO built-in understanding of mirrors better).

And anyhow, if you are not in fancy graphics, and/or don't have really 
complicated boot configuration, there is not any advantage of using Grub.

> Should I file a bug report?

Doesn't cost you a thing to try.  But first check if somebody else 
reported it.  It is such an old issue that it is very likely there's 
already bug report for that.  If you decide to report it, my personal 
opinion is that this is something that should be delt with in Grub 
itself, not in Anaconda installer.  Grub should be made aware of mirrors 
(just the same as LILO is aware of mirrors), and install itself 
automatically on all submirrors.

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