On Wed May 7 2008 19:55:33 Brian K. White wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos F. Lange" <carlos.lange@ualberta.ca> [...]
I was not able to pass the midpoint when I formatted the root partition (RAID1) with ext3, but it worked fine if I used Reiser on the same partition. I reported this as a bug here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=350992
Did you try to use Reiser on your partition containing /boot?
Huh? All my boxes boot from ext3 on software raid1. All my boxes have /boot on a small raid1 with ext3, all software raid, no fake-raid and any fake-raid options in the bios disabled.
That is interesting. I don't have many systems to test, but my experience was consistent on a few machines with 2 disks in RAID1.
My typical setup is anywhere from 4 to 12 identical drives, each with identical partitioning, 3 primary partitions: 1: 128M raid1 /boot ext3 2: 512M raid0 swap 3: remainder raid10 / reiser3
I almost always have to use the "boot installed system" option in the installer and manually edit /etc/grub.conf, /boot/grub/device.map, and /boot/grub/menu/lst, and then run grub --batch </etc/grub.conf
I don't use a separate partition for /boot, but I think the fact that you use Reiser for your other partition doesn't invalidate the comparison, because it is just /boot that counts when grub is trying to find a kernel. My configuration usually is: 1: 1GB swap (each disk, no RAID) 2: 16GB / RAID1 (reiser3) 3: rest /home RAID1 (ext3) My installation stops in the middle saying it can't find an operating system, if I use ext3 in the root partition. Could it be because of the "stage2" option in the default grub.conf? /etc/grub.conf: setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,1) (hd0,1) quit Thanks for the ideas of replicating grub in every drive and setting a backup boot pointer. I will use those. -- Carlos FL "It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that." - G. H. Hardy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org