Re: RAID 5 questions

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> Q1: Is it true that Linux can't/shouldn't boot off a RAID 5 array?

LILO does not support booting off of RAID 5, and I don't think GRUB
does either.  I usually make a small RAID-1 partition to boot from
(mirrored across all four drives), since LILO does handle that just
fine.

> geometry = 2498/255/63, sectors = 40132503, start = 0
..
> geometry = 39813/16/63, sectors = 40132503, start = 0
> Is this an issue with software RAID? 

No.

-jim
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