On Thu, 2005-14-04 at 14:52 -0400, Paul Iadonisi wrote: > On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 11:02 -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > > [snip] > > > and we've shown that the > > obvious "grub-install --recheck /dev/md0" does not install Grub to any > > of the MBR's. Redhat has thus far been unable to tell us any new magic > > spells for making Grub do what Redhat vaguely implies that Grub can now > > do. > > [snip] > > Avoiding the temptation I have to demonstrate how patently false and > divisive most (but not all) of the rest of your post is, I will address > only this point. > There is no excuse for this deliberately deceptive claim, especially > when YOU participated in the rather short thread where I proved > otherwise. "grub-install --recheck /dev/md0" (and probably even without > the --recheck if your hardware hasn't changed) works. Why you chose to > ignore my test case is beyond me. The characters 'LILO' still left > behind (as a remnant) after doing the grub-install has no bearing > whatsoever on whether or not grub was really installed. I haven't > looked at the code, so I don't know why that is, but it most definitely > IS. I'm going to jump out on a limb here. Maybe it's because your test case *FAILED* to work for him. Just a guess, and I know I could be wrong, but at least I'll admit to it, can you! > I did that test, believe it or not, with some skepticism based on my > past experience with grub on software RAID 1. The results surprised me. > After describing my unexpected success, I sort of expected > (understandably) others to say 'oh, hey, maybe it is fixed, let me check > for myself on my test systems.' If you're not willing to do that, when > I -- someone who has had a long history of the same software RAID 1 > problem as others -- have demonstrated that the problem is at long last > SOLVED for my configuration, then I have to wonder why your are > subscribed at all to fedora-test-list. > Some posters have demonstrated that there are some legitimate gripes > about this whole mess. You raise questions about your credibility when > you demonstrate an unwillingness to admit that maybe, just maybe, > *something* truly has been fixed. > So please, test -- to confirm or rebut -- what one skeptical, long > term, somewhat frustrated grub-on-software-raid1 user has successfully > tested. If you and/or others come back with corroboration of what I've > found, maybe we can *finally* declare the problem fixed and call an end > to at least ONE aspect of this thread: grub on software raid 1. And > then deal with other alleged problems. > -- > -Paul Iadonisi > Senior System Administrator > Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist > Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. > GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets