> -----Original Message----- > From: CoolCold [mailto:coolthecold@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 3:29 PM > To: lrhorer@xxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Roberto Spadim; hansbkk@xxxxxxxxx; naira@xxxxxxxxx; linux- > raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Bootable Raid-1 > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Leslie Rhorer <lrhorer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <snip> > >> > >> grub2 work with raid1 boot partition and rootfs over mdadm raid1 > >> i tested today (03:00 AM) on my ubuntu desktop > > > > There wasn't really any question about that. I've been running > > RAID1 boots under GRUB2 for months. Prior to that, it was RAID1 under > GRUB > > legacy. RAID1 under GRUB legacy takes some finagling. Under GRUB2 it > > should be straightforward as long as the partitioning is correct and one > > employs a 0.90 superblock for the /boot array. > > > Guys, basing on your experience, can you tell us, how does Grub2 react > on degraded raid? Does it respect md's point of view which disk is bad > and which is not? Does it cooperate well with mdadm in general? I can't say from experience. Presumably it will. > Grub legacy was way easy, just setup on disk & read that disk, no raid > knowledge, no problems. I guess grub2 can be configured in that manner > too, but as it has raid/lvm/whatever support, may be give it a try... > > I've got Debian Squeeze servers with grub2, without any mirroing, so > converting them into RAID1 system, wanna make it right. That conversion shouldn't be difficult. Going from legacy GRUB RAID1 to GRUB2 RAID1 was a bit of a challenge. -- 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
