Re: RAID 5 questions

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Followup to:  <20040801102430.GC28625@janus>
By author:    Frank van Maarseveen <frankvm@xxxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.raid
>
> 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?
> 
> From software RAID it can't.
> 

Actually, it should be able to if the firmware can see all the drives,
AND you're not running it in degraded mode.  Obviously not a good
solution.  Use RAID-1 for /boot.

	-hpa

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