On Tuesday 12 January 2010 09:48:24 am Carlos Williams wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Baho Utot <baho-utot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Try the params on the /boot/grub/menu.lst line > > OK - So I am starting from scratch again since my previous attempt > failed. I boot from the disk. Load modprobe raid1 modules from command > line and then create the RAID1 mirror with 'mdadm'. I have recreated > the partitions: > > sda1 = 4 GB /boot (bootable) > sda2 = the rest of the disk (RAID) > > sdb1 = 4 GB SWAP (SWAP) > sdb2 = the rest of the disk (RAID) > > Below I created the same RAID. > > #mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=2 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb2 > > **I allowed the mirror to synchronize over night. Right now as I type > this, the mirror is done syncing. > > So according to everything we previously discussed, I don't need to > mess with anything else and can go into the /arch/setup and configure > my system, right? I should simply only make changes to my menu.lst as Yes > noted above, and nothing else when I am prompted to 'Configure > System'? > Just add raid to the HOOKS line in to generate th initrd (and whatever else you need there for your system) in mkinitrd configure. I don't put the madam in the HOOKS line, it always fails for me. > So am changing the 'kernel' line in the Grub 'menu.lst' to read as follows: > > kernel vmlinuz26 root=/dev/md0 md=2,/dev/sda2,/dev/sdb2 ro > Good, what that says is the root filesystem is on /dev/md0, and the array is made up of two drives, list of the drives. Now grub knows how to handle the array. > *Note the 'ro' at the end. It was already there before I add your > suggestion in the middle. Do I take it off or leave it on?* > The ro is fine on the above line. > Please let me know if I have missed anything. I don't think so. Your above setup is how I do the raid
