Hi, I have been trying to set up a raid 1 with bootable root. Suse 7.3 (2.4.10) df -k /dev/sda1 3099160 331516 2641700 12% / /dev/md1 101005 7869 88964 9% /boot /dev/md2 1548096 861136 624048 58% /usr /dev/md4 6538436 6161484 111244 99% /data /dev/md3 5162728 3120440 1832484 64% /edi fstab : /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/md1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/md2 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/md4 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 /dev/md3 /edi ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults,noauto 0 0 /dev/sda3 swap swap pri=42 0 0 #/dev/md0 /mnt ext3 defaults 1 2 raidtab # Sample raid-1 configuration raiddev /dev/md0 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 nr-spare-disks 0 chunk-size 4 persistent-superblock 1 device /dev/sda1 raid-disk 0 device /dev/sdb1 raid-disk 1 raiddev /dev/md1 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 nr-spare-disks 0 chunk-size 4 persistent-superblock 1 device /dev/sda2 raid-disk 0 device /dev/sdb2 raid-disk 1 raiddev /dev/md2 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 nr-spare-disks 0 chunk-size 4 persistent-superblock 1 device /dev/sda5 raid-disk 0 device /dev/sdb5 raid-disk 1 raiddev /dev/md3 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 nr-spare-disks 0 chunk-size 4 persistent-superblock 1 device /dev/sda6 raid-disk 0 device /dev/sdb6 raid-disk 1 raiddev /dev/md4 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 nr-spare-disks 0 chunk-size 4 persistent-superblock 1 device /dev/sda7 raid-disk 0 device /dev/sdb7 raid-disk 1 /etc/lilo.conf disk = /dev/sda bios = 0x80 disk = /dev/sdb bios = 0x81 boot = /dev/sda vga = 791 read-only menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg lba32 prompt timeout = 80 message = /boot/message image = /boot/vmlinuz label = linux root = /dev/sda1 initrd = /boot/initrd append = "enableapic vga=0x0317" image = /boot/vmlinuz.suse label = failsafe root = /dev/sda1 initrd = /boot/initrd.suse append = "disableapic ide=nodma apm=off" optional image = /boot/memtest.bin label = memtest86 partition info : /dev/sda1 : start= 63, size= 6297417, Id=fd /dev/sda2 : start= 6297480, size= 208845, Id=fd, bootable /dev/sda3 : start= 6506325, size= 2104515, Id=82 /dev/sda4 : start= 8610840, size=26924940, Id= f /dev/sda5 : start= 8610903, size= 3148677, Id=fd /dev/sda6 : start= 11759643, size=10490382, Id=fd /dev/sda7 : start= 22250088, size=13285692, Id=fd /dev/sdb1 : start= 63, size= 6297417, Id=fd /dev/sdb2 : start= 6297480, size= 208845, Id=fd, bootable /dev/sdb3 : start= 6506325, size= 2104515, Id=82 /dev/sdb4 : start= 8610840, size=26924940, Id= f /dev/sdb5 : start= 8610903, size= 3148677, Id=fd /dev/sdb6 : start= 11759643, size=10490382, Id=fd /dev/sdb7 : start= 22250088, size=13285692, Id=fd cat /etc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] read_ahead 1024 sectors md4 : active raid1 sdb7[1] sda7[0] 6642752 blocks [2/2] [UU] md3 : active raid1 sdb6[1] sda6[0] 5245120 blocks [2/2] [UU] md2 : active raid1 sdb5[1] sda5[0] 1574272 blocks [2/2] [UU] md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0] 104320 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> When I change root=/dev/md0 , I get a Kernel panic , cannot mount root filesystem Any help would be appreciated...thx Murat - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html