Hi,
When I used AutoYast with Software RAID 1 partition, I installed the GRUB
bootloader on MBR.
Apparently, the bootloader was only installed on one of the physical hard
disk. How can I set it up to install the bootloader on both of the disks, so
whenever one of the disk's gone bad and doesn't matter which on it is, I am
still able to boot the system?
This is extracted from my control XML file if it helps:
<bootloader>
<firmware>fd0</firmware>
<linux>/dev/fd0</linux>
<firmware>hd0</firmware>
<linux>/dev/sda</linux>
<firmware>hd1</firmware>
<linux>/dev/sdb</linux>
<global>
<activate>true</activate>
true
<default>openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1</default>
<gfxmenu>/boot/message</gfxmenu>
3
<timeout config:type="integer">8</timeout>
</global>
<module>processor</module>
<module>thermal</module>
<module>sata_nv</module>
<module>pata_amd</module>
<module>fan</module>
<module>reiserfs</module>
<module>raid1</module>
<module>edd</module>
grub
<sections config:type="list">
<section>
<append>resume=/dev/md1 splash=silent showopts</append>
<image>/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default</image>
<initial>1</initial>
<initrd>/boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default</initrd>
0
<name>openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1</name>
linux
<root>/dev/md2</root>
<type>image</type>
<vga>0x317</vga>
<vgamode>0x317</vgamode>
</section>
<section>
<append>showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off
x11failsafe</append>
<image>/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default</image>
<initrd>/boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default</initrd>
1
<name>Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1</name>
failsafe
<root>/dev/md2</root>
<type>image</type>
<vga>0x317</vga>
<vgamode>0x317</vgamode>
</section>
<section>
<blockoffset>1</blockoffset>
<chainloader>/dev/fd0</chainloader>
2
<name>Floppy</name>
<noverifyroot>true</noverifyroot>
floppy
<type>other</type>
</section>
</sections>
</bootloader>
<partitioning config:type="list">
<drive>
<device>/dev/md</device>
<partitions config:type="list">
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>/boot</mount>
<mountby config:type="symbol">device</mountby>
0
false
raid1
</partition>
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
<mount>swap</mount>
<mountby config:type="symbol">device</mountby>
1
false
raid_unknown
</partition>
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>/</mount>
<mountby config:type="symbol">device</mountby>
2
false
raid1
</partition>
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>/home</mount>
<mountby config:type="symbol">device</mountby>
3
false
raid1
</partition>
</partitions>
<type config:type="symbol">CT_MD</type>
<use>all</use>
</drive>
<drive>
<device>/dev/sda</device>
<partitions config:type="list">
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
253
253
1
primary
/dev/md0
<size>2gb</size>
</partition>
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
253
253
2
primary
<size>8gb</size>
</partition>
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
253
253
3
primary
/dev/md2
<size>20gb</size>
</partition>
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
253
253
4
primary
/dev/md3
<size>max</size>
</partition>
</partitions>
<type config:type="symbol">CT_DISK</type>
<use>all</use>
</drive>
<drive>
<device>/dev/sdb</device>
<partitions config:type="list">
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
253
253
1
primary
/dev/md0
<size>2gb</size>
</partition>
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
253
253
2
primary
/dev/md1
<size>8gb</size>
</partition>
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
253
253
3
primary
/dev/md2
<size>20gb</size>
</partition>
<partition>
<create config:type="boolean">true</create>
253
253
4
primary
/dev/md3
<size>max</size>
</partition>
</partitions>
<type config:type="symbol">CT_DISK</type>
<use>all</use>
</drive>
</partitioning>
Thanks,
Alan
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