From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: Booting off of RAID10 versus RAID1 Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 11:09:44 -0400 Message-ID: <48246938.3070909@tmr.com> References: <48230154.4000509@harddata.com> <48231C82.9010509@dgreaves.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <48231C82.9010509@dgreaves.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: David Greaves Cc: Maurice Hilarius , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids David Greaves wrote: > Maurice Hilarius wrote: > >> After recent issues discovered with RAID1 and failing disks, I am >> contemplating alternatives to ensure more reliability. >> >> The question that arises: Is there any way to boot a system from a >> RAID10 md? >> > > I've been wondering about booting grub/initrd from a flash USB stick (industrial > quality if needed). > Not needed, you won't be writing it often (I hope!), so just the MBR and /boot can go on that device. -- Bill Davidsen "Woe unto the statesman who makes war without a reason that will still be valid when the war is over..." Otto von Bismark