On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 05:31:22AM -0400, Richard Michael wrote: > Hello list, > > Apologies if this is a "support" question that doesn't belong on the > devel list. (I've been looking into RAID/LVM improvements in grub2 and > thought this list might be appropriate, however.) > > I have a linux system with 8 disks. I would like to divide them into > groups of 4 and create 2 RAID5 arrays; then run a RAID1 array across the > two RAID5 arrays; and finally LVM2 on top of the RAID1 array. > > Can grub2 boot such a nested configuration? If so, what special steps > must I take to install the bootloader? (I'll install the system with > grub-legacy using Fedora or another distro, then migrate to grub2.) > > For maximum simplicity and elegance, can I avoid a special /boot > partition? If not, I suppose I would create a RAID1 across a small > partition on all 8 disks for /boot.
Using a /boot partition is recommended. It should still work without it, but it's less tested. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
