From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NNcz1-0003Kh-EA for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:59:19 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNcyz-0003K1-JU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:59:17 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNcyu-0003HY-7Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:59:16 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37175 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NNcyt-0003HK-Q6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:59:11 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:49392) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NNcyt-0001UQ-3e for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:59:11 -0500 Received: (qmail 28210 invoked by uid 0); 24 Dec 2009 01:59:08 -0000 Received: from 84.137.54.214 by www164.gmx.net with HTTP; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:59:05 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:59:05 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Andr=E9_Heynatz=22?= In-Reply-To: <4B32BC89.6090501@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20091224015905.168420@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20091222170208.19290@gmx.net> <4B31095D.1030409@gmail.com> <20091223230542.287510@gmx.net> <4B32BC89.6090501@gmail.com> To: The development of GNU GRUB X-Authenticated: #10011330 X-Flags: 0001 X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 6100 (Global Message Exchange) X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+1zpx6nLq1svxXUGPVamw01BrKnoNm4Mka8zQT87 bIonrK37qW5EU+CBCtBn2ybGg41pUcq6VldA== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-GMX-UID: 3vIHf4ELRkkNRLa462RqEhtudWkvKFO3 X-FuHaFi: 0.57 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: How to install grub on fakeraid (raid 0) which spans 2 TB? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:59:18 -0000 > P ntfs 300 GB Windows XP SP3 32 Bit > P ntfs 300 GB Windows 7 32 Bit > P ext2 100 MB /boot > E > L swap 2 GB Linux swap > L ext4 250 GB Ubuntu Linux 9.10 (Karmic) 32 Bit > L ntfs 1100 GB data (for data exchange and storage) > L ext4 48 GB spare space for testing of new OSes > > I like to use the first partition as /boot, but there is no requirement > to do that. I think you can use a logical partition too, but I'm not > 100% sure. > > GRUB normally uses a BIOS call as a part of its internal process. The > extended call is defined for up to 2^48 sectors. That is far larger > than any disk available today. Any limitation, if it exists, is in the > BIOS. > I have applied the partition table mentioned above. Windows 7 Disk Management Tool does not allow to create an Extended Partition on the third Primary partition slot. Thus I used the Ubuntu installer to do it. At first I tried to install GRUB2 from Ubuntu 10.10 (Lucid), but the error message remains :-( Then I tried GRUB1 and succeeded, luckily. Probably there is a problem with the sector offset or the data partition is too large for GRUB1 to skip over. It is > 1 TB. In the actual scheme, the 1.1 TB data partition comes after the root partition (where GRUB is installed). After a kernel update I have to call 'update-grub' manually, but I am happily doing this, it is only a minor glitch of Ubuntu 9.10. If there is a new version of GRUB2 which supports dmraid devices, I happily test it. Maybe it is only a configuration issue, as GRUB2 has become quite flexible. Now I know very well how to restore the GRUB bootloader, I have had much practise. Of course I will do a backup from my RAID0 system soon. The system is very fast. No need to wait for boot and shutdown anymore :-) -- Preisknaller: GMX DSL Flatrate für nur 16,99 Euro/mtl.! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02