On 09/14/2011 09:30 PM, Brian K. White wrote:
I've used this method for many years with Grub, but I have to tell you, you better write a script that lives in /boot which copies everything to the other, because without that the /boot partitions will drift out of sync.
No I just make /boot a raid1.
Agreed. I have used /, /home, /boot, and SWAP as raid1 with both dmraid and mdraid. All partitions are mirrored. I can then shutdown and pull the power cord to one of the drives and reboot and have the system boot just fine in single-disk mode. I have heard arguments against mirroring /boot and SWAP, but I've never had a problem over the past decade. Further, I've always wondered if /boot wasn't mirror, "how in the heck would you boot without an install disk in the case of a drive failure?" (especially when the server is a remote server...) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org