From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LTXYq-0001qA-K2 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:20:12 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LTXYo-0001pz-3h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:20:10 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LTXYk-0001pn-BE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:20:09 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55523 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LTXYk-0001pk-5O for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:20:06 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.8]:56176) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LTXYj-0006qH-Ng for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:20:06 -0500 Received: from [85.180.43.194] (e180043194.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.43.194]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0ML21M-1LTXYY2Okm-0007sr; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:19:54 +0100 From: Felix Zielcke To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: References: <48EDBCEA.6020507@wpkg.org> <1223540903.4139.0.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:19:53 +0100 Message-Id: <1233476393.3427.1.camel@fz.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+Z4pY5r+BVpC4eBC9qfl4l4wHmXEmCGwkO5NU /Jswh9ofEU/i9teY1fvReBXM4AgXKaeexliaLax+a15BBxSpQx Zk5VxgdWC+GyAVDlPRKn3Ps5ay0eD2o X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: what RAID levels does GRUB2 support? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:20:10 -0000 Am Sonntag, den 01.02.2009, 01:48 +0000 schrieb Dave Abrahams: > Sooo... > > * Will GRUB2 boot a linux system from RAID5 without a separate /boot partition? This should work yes. > * Has anyone posted a HOWTO about that? > > I tried and failed to configure such a system. I wouldn't mind being the first > to write such a HOWTO if I could get some handholding from this group :-) There shouldn't be anything special needed. Just make your RAID 5 and then do: grub-install "md0" in case /dev/md0 is your RAID5 and then GRUB2 gets installed onto every disk in the MBR. -- Felix Zielcke