[WBEL-users] Adding bootable flag to running Array
Ewan Mac Mahon
ewan@macmahon.me.uk
Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:25:53 +0100
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On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 03:45:26PM +0200, Simone wrote:
> Hi,
> looking for advice on the safest and quickest way to add the bootable fla=
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> to a running Array. Last week we had to replace a disk on the samba serve=
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> and reconstruct the array (RAID1, 2 disks, $ partition each disk). My=20
> fault, I forgot to add the bootable flag on the /boot partition.
> As usual, any comment really appreciated.=20
Do you actually need the bootable flag for anything? Linux bootloaders
tend to work out where to boot from using a config file, so if you've
got grub (or lilo?) installed in the MBR it won't matter.
Ewan
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