a raid problem with grub

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 21.03.2005 schrieb Paul Howarth um 11:00:

> david smethurst wrote:

> > i have installed fc3 on two scsi drives and running raid0 software
> > grub wants to boot /dev/sda, which is the first scsi drive second
> > is /dev/sdb, raid is /dev/md0
> > will grub boot /dev/md0?
> > how do i tell grub to boot /dev/md0 if it will?
> 
> It won't. Grub doesn't know about RAID0 devices. You'll need to manually 
> install grub on sdb if you want it on both drives.
> 
> Paul.

Just to add: it is documented that /boot isn't allowed to reside in a
RAID0 array. RAID1 is possible. See the docs at www.redhat.com. And Disk
Druid will complain if you try to place /boot on a RAID0 during
installation.

Alexander


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