On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 09:11:02PM -0500, David M. Strang wrote: > + mdadm. Essentially, the end goal -- is if either drive fails, the system > should not go down. So, I invoked the paritioned MD route; and created it > on top of a single large partition for each drive. I'm still working out > bootloader bugs... > > So, excuse the rambling -- but in a nutshell, will the following > configuration work with initrd? Yes, you can absolutely boot from RAID1 with initrd. If you're not an initrd wizard it will be difficult. You'll need to make sure that your initrd has all the necessary device files, the modules for md, the mdadm binary, and any shared libraries that your mdadm is built against. If you're using Debian, mkinitrd can build you an initrd that has everything needed and works. It has a few config files in /etc/ that let you control how things get built, and a cool -k switch that leaves the temporary directory around so you can easily examine the initrd. Can't really speak for other distros. Are you compiling your own kernels? If so, I'd strongly suggest abandoning initrd. It's easy as pie to boot off md if you have the drivers built into the kernel. But I do understand that it might not be practical for you to build your own kernel. -- Ross Vandegrift ross@xxxxxxxxxxxx "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell." --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37 - 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
