boot parition for software raid?

Mogens Kjaer mk at crc.dk
Thu Dec 30 12:25:32 UTC 2004


Jon Hill wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I want to setup software RAID 1 on Core 3 but am unsure of how to
> handle the boot partition. Does the /boot patition have to be on a
> single disk rather than a raid device? If so, I guess I have problems
> if this disk fails. What would be the best way of setting up a RAID 1
> configuration to achieve fault tolerance on the boot partition?

You can put /boot on RAID 1 partitions.

I think you should make a test installation,
shutdown, and unplug the first drive, reboot,
and see what happens...

Mogens

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