From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Mike Accetta <maccetta@laurelnetworks.com>
Cc: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RAID1, hot-swap and boot integrity
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:48:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45EF2514.9050806@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45ECA9E9.3090507@laurelnetworks.com>
Mike Accetta wrote:
> I gathered the impression somewhere, perhaps incorrectly, that the active
> flag was a function of the boot block, not the BIOS. We use Grub in the
> MBR and don't even have an active flag set in the partition table. The system
> still boots.
The active flag is indeed an MBR issue.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-07 20:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-02 14:04 RAID1, hot-swap and boot integrity Mike Accetta
2007-03-02 15:40 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-03-02 16:02 ` Gabor Gombas
2007-03-02 16:10 ` Gabor Gombas
2007-03-02 20:57 ` Bill Davidsen
2007-03-04 17:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <9782.20070302161004.GE31010@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu>
2007-03-05 23:32 ` Mike Accetta
2007-03-06 10:01 ` Gabor Gombas
[not found] ` <12470.45E88FAA.5020106@tmr.com>
2007-03-05 23:38 ` Mike Accetta
2007-03-06 23:17 ` Bill Davidsen
2007-03-07 20:48 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
[not found] ` <12721.45EB026B.1040503@zytor.com>
2007-03-05 23:47 ` Mike Accetta
2007-03-05 23:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-03-06 23:18 ` Bill Davidsen
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