Mathieu Malaterre put forth on 12/3/2009 12:03 PM: > Hi there, > > I am trying to setup a system with software RAID for the first time. > I used a debian/stable/503 USB key installer. During the partitioning > I selected each FREE SPACE as raid, I configured then a RAID0 system. > And setup a LVM volume group on this RAID system. > > When setting up the boot loader, lilo failed to work properly. > Looking at the log is says: > > ... > Dec 3 17:42:32 in-target: WARNING: Added large-memory option, please > run lilo before you reboot > Dec 3 17:42:32 in-target: Running lilo... > Dec 3 17:42:32 in-target: Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed > Dec 3 17:42:32 in-target: Fatal: Only RAID1 devices are supported as > boot devices
Read about the various RAID levels, especially RAID 0 (striping), and you'll understand why the Linux kernel developers will not allow you to boot Linux from a RAID 0 (striped) set of disks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID You are up against an _intentional_ design limitation. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
