On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 11:27:56AM +0930, Ninti Systems wrote:
Q1: Is it true that Linux can't/shouldn't boot off a RAID 5 array?
it cannot no boot loader can load the kernel from a striped (or raid
3/4/5/6) device
create a small raid 1 array spanning the 4 disks and use it for /boot
Q2: The four disks have identical manufacturer, model and size, but two
are brand new while two have had NTFS filesystems on them. Accordingly,
if I run hdparm -g on them, two disks have these specs:
geometry = 2498/255/63, sectors = 40132503, start = 0
...
geometry = 39813/16/63, sectors = 40132503, start = 0
Is this an issue with software RAID?
no, nevertheless if you wipe the partition table on the to 'used' disks
linux will see them just like the 'new' ones.
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