On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Leslie Rhorer <lrhorer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <SNIP> > > Oh, I almost forgot. It may be of notable mention an array with a > 1.0 superblock can be read as if it were an ordinary partition. This means > one can build a 1.0 superblock array containing a file system (ext2 may be > the best choice in this case), but boot from the partition just as if it > were not an array. Once the system is booted, the array can be assembled > and then /boot can be mounted. This is because: > > 1. The 1.0 superblock is at the *END* of the array. > > 2. The file system when created only uses up the front part of the > partition, leaving the superblock intact. > > 3. GRUB does not require the file system to be mounted in order to read the > kernel and the initrd. (Actually, it could be made to work even if it did > mount the partition, but since it does not, it makes it much easier.) > > Indeed, this is the only way of which I know to boot to an array > using GRUB legacy. > > Actually that is of interest. If there's a way to use a single RAID boot partition by itself once in awhile then there's value there if something has gone wrong and you're just trying to get the machine up and running. Thanks! - Mark -- 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
