From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NN93Y-0007Aj-PT for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:02:00 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NN93W-0007AN-TB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:01:58 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NN93R-00079b-6M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:01:57 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44447 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NN93R-00079Y-2q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:01:53 -0500 Received: from mail-gx0-f224.google.com ([209.85.217.224]:49722) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NN93K-0003mS-Lk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:01:52 -0500 Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so5239009gxk.6 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:01:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5lH73QodimvU421aay+NghPH0oKJWEdNYZ8pctwNdPQ=; b=V9qTieMKMyt5fwIHUWzyO4hLoHecYl6ek3C38Sb2+T5JnUjurQ5LYOp4Q1KWeDNaAg KNnSykKTUc+Zxhz/BVpY7T6i2Vzm7pWMX0Q3z5ptSZoyV6O2jkpYUL19jejb7n5ARYtM eG4XY/dljwyi6tzHyo1k4WdR81BH6zdqJLfu4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ll7Wm+GkJRjOE6FW65KjHGM8dV4pDau2Lv63gMwJ2r5nvEMMyx6DQEqxgTylePBsvF XIXR2zPf/FH6yilr4YsCxMvvdTVua9kbXsngnx2JEVWcmK/Fy57M1Sp6ZUZNFWCtcpoj +WqhFqU7JEEcm1oEaIrE71G7vLUeWChju1GpY= Received: by 10.101.21.13 with SMTP id y13mr14391496ani.72.1261504863499; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:01:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.75? (cpe-66-69-97-231.satx.res.rr.com [66.69.97.231]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm2477269ywg.43.2009.12.22.10.01.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:01:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B31095D.1030409@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:01:01 -0600 From: Bruce Dubbs User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080722 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <20091222170208.19290@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20091222170208.19290@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:01:59 -0000 André Heynatz wrote: > I have bought two 1 TB harddisks and one 2 TB harddisk (backup). > I want to use the 1 TB harddisks in a RAID 0 array (Intel ICH8R Fakeraid). > > OS: Win XP SP3, Win 7, Ubuntu Linux 9.10 32 Bit > > My partition plan 1: > > P ntfs 300 GB Windows XP SP3 32 Bit > P ntfs 300 GB Windows 7 32 Bit > 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'd suggest: P ext2 100 MB /boot P ntfs 300 GB Windows XP SP3 32 Bit P ntfs 300 GB Windows 7 32 Bit 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 There is no need for /boot to be on a raid or other 'special' partition type. -- Bruce