From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Keld =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rn?= Simonsen Subject: Re: raid1 or raid10 for /boot Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:43:03 +0100 Message-ID: <20080206224303.GG15772@rap.rap.dk> References: <20080204063454.GA31046@rap.rap.dk> <47AA01DB.8080706@tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47AA01DB.8080706@tmr.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Bill Davidsen Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:52:11PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Keld J=F8rn Simonsen wrote: > >I understand that lilo and grub only can boot partitions that look l= ike > >a normal single-drive partition. And then I understand that a plain > >raid10 has a layout which is equivalent to raid1. Can such a raid10 > >partition be used with grub or lilo for booting? > >And would there be any advantages in this, for example better disk > >utilization in the raid10 driver compared with raid? > > =20 >=20 > I don't know about you, but my /boot goes with zero use between boots= ,=20 > efficiency and performance improvements strike as a distinction witho= ut=20 > a difference, while adding complexity without benefit is always a bad= idea. >=20 > I suggest that you avoid having a "learning experience" and stick wit= h=20 > raid1. I agree with you, it was only a theoretical question. Best regards keld - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html