https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227377#c36
Richard Creighton
The bootloader can't write to /dev/md, it has to write to the devices directly. As the combination of ext3 and md destroys this information again, this doesn't work, so you have to use ext2 / reiserfs. --> invalid.
Sir, I have installed to a pure MD raid environment using exclusively EXT3 filesystems and I assure you it works and is not invalid. What is invalid is the combination of IDE and SATA when trying to do all of this. All I have to do to make it work is remove all of the IDE drives from my system and install using pure MD raid structures and EXT3. If my understanding is correct, EXT3 is EXT2 with journaling so if true, what would that have to do with the bootloader anyway? The bootloader most assuredly *can* write to dev/mdx. It is also obvious that it is capable of writing a MBR to the raw device that contains the MD raid or you wouldn't even get the 'GRUB' in the corner of the screen when you try to boot. FWIW, I am writing this from an 10.3 RAID only installation on EXT3 fs so I know it can work. What is nice is that 10.2 did it without jumping through all the hoops You can close it again, but that isn't correct, it is expedient. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.