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kloeri@g.o wrote: |
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>That should work fine using a hardware raid controller. If using |
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>software raid I'd recommend against using raid on /. Even if you can |
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>apply some hackish solution to make it boot the bootloader won't |
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>understand software raid so it can only be a hack. / isn't worth all |
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>that trouble in my opinion as it can easily be rebuilt if needed. |
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Surely, all the bootloader needs to know about is /boot? |
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On my alpha I had no end of trouble trying to use XFS for /, |
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until I realised that the bootloader only understood ext2. |
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The solution was to make a separate ext2 partition for /boot, |
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put the kernels there. |
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In this way, the bootloader can find the kernels and load them, |
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and the kernels know how to mount / as type XFS. |
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Surely similar reasoning applies to software RAID? |
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(I haven't tried it, but I am very curious to know...) |
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Now an unrelated question: can I add IDE disks to my 433au |
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(Miata)? If so, are there certain types that are recommended? |
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Are there any limitations? (e.g. must I boot off SCSI disks?) |
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Also, under Tru64, I could make bootable tape backups. |
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Is there a way to get similar functionality in Linux? |
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Thanks, |
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Andrew. |
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