Re: Degraded RAID-1 installs

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On 06/01/2012 04:03 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
After a long discussion on Google+, I was asked to bring up the issue of
intentionally degraded or degenerate (single disk) installs on this list.

See bugzillas 188314 and 189316.

And 815985. In that case, I argue that anaconda's refusal to recognize degraded RAID1 arrays means that the "rescue" mode is useless if you've lost one of your disks... :(

The stance that is is not supported by policy denies the system
administrator a number of very important valid use cases:

[snip]

4. The user just lost a hard drive that was a member of a valid, recognized RAID1 array. In the process of investigating boot loader issues, the user boots the CD/DVD in rescue mode. No arrays are seen, so the ability to troubleshoot is gone...

-Greg

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