Re: In this partition scheme, grub does not find md information?

[Peter Rabbitson <rabbit+list@rabbit.us>]

Peter Rabbitson wrote:
> Moshe Yudkowsky wrote:
>> Here's a baseline question: if I create a RAID10 array using default 
>> settings, what do I get? I thought I was getting RAID1+0; am I really?
> 
> Maybe you are, depending on your settings, but this is beyond the point. 
> No matter what 1+0 you have (linux, classic, or otherwise) you can not 
> boot from it, as there is no way to see the underlying filesystem 
> without the RAID layer.
> 
> With the current state of affairs (available mainstream bootloaders) the 
> rule is:
> Block devices containing the kernel/initrd image _must_ be either:
>     * a regular block device (/sda1, /hda, /fd0, etc.)
>     * or a linux RAID 1 with the superblock at the end of the device 
> (0.9 or 1.2)
> 
> 

If any poor soul finds this in the mailing list archives, the above should read:

...
	* or a linux RAID 1 with the superblock at the end of the device (either 
version 0.9 or _1.0_)
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