From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1M0fC5-0001vl-4A for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 13:09:37 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M0fC3-0001vY-2G for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 13:09:35 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M0fBy-0001ut-CY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 13:09:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50203 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M0fBy-0001uq-6f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 13:09:30 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:7576) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M0fBx-0002Sl-Pv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 13:09:29 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 03 May 2009 13:09:29 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.104] (c-69-141-194-35.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [69.141.194.35]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 70DC434C6D for ; Sun, 3 May 2009 13:08:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <1241346052.4862.43.camel@ezra> References: <1241346052.4862.43.camel@ezra> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 13:09:28 -0400 Message-Id: <1241370568.4472.34.camel@ct> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.5 (2.24.5-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Access to harddisks spread acrross multiple controllers. 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, 03 May 2009 17:09:35 -0000 On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 22:20 +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote: > Hi, > > I've been discussing the merits, potential implementations and failure > modes of booting from raid 4|5|6 volumes. One of the big complaints is > that bootloaders are limited when using int13h to accessing harddisks > plugged into the controller booting from, making it impossible to > assemble raid 4|5|6 array in this case. > > I want to know if this is a limitation imposed on grub2, or is it smart > enough to access the disks on all controllers on the host. GRUB 2 has ATA and SCSI support, so it may help. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin