Software Raid On Boot

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 20:07:37 +0700,
  Fajar Priyanto <fajarpri at cbn.net.id> wrote:
> 
> Did not mention my exact way...
> 1) Install Fedora 3 on RAID 1 (consists of 2 IDE HDDs). Each drive has
> 2 partitions (data, swap).
> 2) First reboot will stuck (eg., no boot device).
> 3) Boot from first CD of Fedora 3 as 'linux rescue'.
> 4) From shell start 'grub'
> 5) From grub execute the following:
> root (hd0,0)
> setup (hd0)
> root (hd1,0)
> setup (hd1)

It isn't that simple. For the more common case, it is probably better to
skip the root (hd1,0), since if hd0 fails, you will likely pull the bad
drive and the previous hd1 will now be known as hd0.