[WBEL-users] Problems with mirroring a system disk using software RAID
andGRUB...
Mace.Scott@tatravelcenters.com
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Use lilo for the bootloader. While these instructions speak to the grub
issue --> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.3 lilo
handles it much better. I prefer grub on all my installs, except where
software RAID is involved. all you need to do is set up your lilo.conf
file, and run "lilo" Actually, a lilo.conf.anaconda file should have been
created on install, you just have to rename it to lilo.conf, and verify
the kernel version.
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Scott Mace
Systems Administrator
Travelcenters of America
440-808-4318
mace.scott@tatravelcenters.com
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"Gary Mansell" <Gary.Mansell@ricardo.com>
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[WBEL-users] Problems with mirroring a system disk using software RAID
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Dear all,
I have built a machine with Whitebox Linux 3.0r1 and fully up2dated it.
During the build process, I configured the machine to have three RAID 1
partitions (/boot / & swap) mirrored across the two IDE drives. I am
using GRUB as my boot loader.
The machine boots happily onto these mirrored partitions when both drives
are connected to the system but if I detach either of the drives (to
simulate a disk failure) the machine will not boot - it will not even
reach the grub screen. This is obviously a bit of a major problem.
I have followed the guidance in documents that I have found on the
Internet and have installed GRUB onto both drives using the interactive
GRUB program as I understand that this is not done by the installation
program.
Any help or advice that you can give me would be greatly appreciated as I
have spent a lot of time googling for an answer but to no avail.
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Gary Mansell
Technical Computing Team Leader
IT Department
Ricardo Consulting Engineers Ltd.
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Use lilo for the bootloader. While
these instructions speak to the grub issue --> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.3
lilo handles it much better. I prefer grub on all my installs, except
where software RAID is involved. all you need to do is set up your
lilo.conf file, and run "lilo" Actually, a lilo.conf.anaconda
file should have been created on install, you just have to rename it to
lilo.conf, and verify the kernel version. </font>
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Scott Mace<br>
Systems Administrator<br>
Travelcenters of America<br>
440-808-4318<br>
mace.scott@tatravelcenters.com<br>
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<br><font size=3>Dear all,<br>
<br>
I have built a machine with Whitebox Linux 3.0r1 and fully up2dated it.
During the build process, I configured the machine to have three RAID 1
partitions (/boot / & swap) mirrored across the two IDE drives.
I am using GRUB as my boot loader.<br>
<br>
The machine boots happily onto these mirrored partitions when both drives
are connected to the system but if I detach either of the drives (to simulate
a disk failure) the machine will not boot - it will not even reach the
grub screen. This is obviously a bit of a major problem.<br>
<br>
I have followed the guidance in documents that I have found on the Internet
and have installed GRUB onto both drives using the interactive GRUB program
as I understand that this is not done by the installation program.<br>
<br>
Any help or advice that you can give me would be greatly appreciated as
I have spent a lot of time googling for an answer but to no avail.<br>
<br>
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<td width=100%><font size=3><tt>Gary Mansell<br>
Technical Computing Team Leader<br>
IT Department<br>
Ricardo Consulting Engineers Ltd.</tt></font></table>
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