From: Jesse Burkhardt <jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 02:48:25PM -0500 > What happens in failure mode is that the computer succeeds in completing > its POST (power on self test) cycle but never goes on to load the OS. > > PS - Another user, [1]olchansk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, says that kernel 2.6 is > broken as to raid1, but it has been patched, but not yet in the Fedora > version. > I'm not sure if current BIOS code still requires a single 'active' partition on a single drive to boot. If it still does, that would explain what happens to you. As for the kernel being at fault - perhaps, I never noticed anything, but if even grub doesn't come on, it surely isn't the kernel's fault. Good luck, Jurriaan -- REAL LIFE MANAGEMENT 'DILBERT QUOTATIONS': 5: Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule. No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working on it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you know when it's time to tell them. (R&D supervisor, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing/3M Corp.) Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.9-mm1 2x6078 bogomips load 1.17 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
