[olug] System booting from software raid -- possible?

[Daniel Linder]

On Sun, April 15, 2007 19:14, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> Note that, in the failed drive case, things are *not* graceful. If you
> want graceful, use a hardware RAID controller.
>
> BTW make sure you test a drive failure with your distribution! Not all
> installers set up grub properly to handle a mirrored /boot (or wherever
> your kernel is).
>
> This link has the details:
> http://www.linuxsa.org.au/mailing-list/2003-07/1270.html

When I get my spare machine setup I'll test this and report back to the list.

Thanks for the pointers.

Dan

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