This[1] patch provides facility to utilise EXTLINUX under the RAID1.
Successfully tested in a two disc setup with a standalone /boot array
and as a part of the / array.
Grub is good reference, as always.
You can test via updates image[2].
poma
[1] 'bootloader-extlinux-mdraid1.diff' - attach.
[2] ftp://ftp.leeds.ac.uk/incoming/extlinux/updates-extlinux-mdraid1.img
diff --git a/pyanaconda/bootloader.py b/pyanaconda/bootloader.py
index e23fb35..82cda97 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/bootloader.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/bootloader.py
@@ -2127,8 +2127,11 @@ class EXTLINUX(BootLoader):
stage1_device_types = ["disk"]
# stage2 device requirements
+ stage2_device_types = ["partition", "mdarray"]
+ stage2_raid_levels = [mdraid.RAID1]
+ stage2_raid_member_types = ["partition"]
+ stage2_raid_metadata = ["0", "0.90", "1.0"]
stage2_format_types = ["ext4", "ext3", "ext2"]
- stage2_device_types = ["partition"]
stage2_bootable = True
packages = ["syslinux-extlinux"]
@@ -2209,6 +2212,28 @@ class EXTLINUX(BootLoader):
# installation
#
+ def install_targets(self):
+ targets = []
+ if self.stage2_device.type == "mdarray" and \
+ self.stage2_device.level == 1:
+ # make sure we have stage1 and stage2 installed with redundancy
+ # so that boot can succeed even in the event of failure or removal
+ # of some of the disks containing the member partitions of the
+ # /boot array
+ for stage2dev in self.stage2_device.parents:
+ if self.stage1_device.isDisk:
+ # install to mbr
+ if self.stage2_device.dependsOn(self.stage1_device):
+ # if target disk contains any of /boot array's member
+ # partitions, set up stage1 on each member's disk
+ # and stage2 on each member partition
+ stage1dev = stage2dev.disk
+ targets.append((stage1dev, stage2dev))
+ else:
+ targets.append((self.stage1_device, self.stage2_device))
+
+ return targets
+
def install(self):
backup = "%s/backup.b" % self._config_dir
args = ["--install", self._config_dir]
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