Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Andrew Reid [2010.05.07.1903 +0200]: >   Just for the record, it actually *is* possible to boot off a partition > that's in RAID1, but you might have to use grub.  The reason it works > is because grub can read past the md-raid1 metadata without getting > confused Correction: the md m

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2010-05-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/07/2010 06:21 AM, Jozsi Vadkan wrote: Did anyone managed to boot from RAID1? Lenny gives this error message: "mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md0" I just want to install Debian Lenny on two pendrives [in sRAID1], so that the HDD's in the pc can be used only as ""data containers"", but i

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread Andrew Reid
On Friday 07 May 2010 08:22:00 deloptes wrote: > Jozsi Vadkan wrote: > > Did anyone managed to boot from RAID1? > > > > Lenny gives this error message: > > > > "mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md0" > > > You'll need a small i.e. 20-30MB partition out of raid to boot from with > i.e. initrd which

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jozsi Vadkan [2010.05.07.1538 +0200]: > rootdelay=15 worked!!! http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD#l560 -- .''`. martin f. krafft Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'`

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread Jozsi Vadkan
rootdelay=15 worked!!! THANK YOU!!! 2010. 05. 7, péntek keltezéssel 14.54-kor martin f krafft ezt írta: > also sprach Jozsi Vadkan [2010.05.07.1440 +0200]: > > But i thought that, I can boot from RAID1 under Lenny. So i can't? > > You should be able to, using grub-pc. Try passing r

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jozsi Vadkan [2010.05.07.1440 +0200]: > But i thought that, I can boot from RAID1 under Lenny. So i can't? You should be able to, using grub-pc. Try passing rootdelay=15 to the kernel boot command line. If this doesn't work, you'll need to provide a lot more information about what yo

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread deloptes
Jozsi Vadkan wrote: > But i thought that, I can boot from RAID1 under Lenny. So i can't? As matter of fact there is not enough information to say exactly what's your issue, but this is an option I would check. > > So the solution is that I need a separate /boot partition? In your case if the m

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread Jozsi Vadkan
But i thought that, I can boot from RAID1 under Lenny. So i can't? So the solution is that I need a separate /boot partition? But the RAID will be useless then... 2010. 05. 7, péntek keltezéssel 14.22-kor deloptes ezt írta: > Jozsi Vadkan wrote: > > > Did anyone managed to boot from RAID1

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread deloptes
Jozsi Vadkan wrote: > Did anyone managed to boot from RAID1? > > Lenny gives this error message: > > "mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md0" > > I just want to install Debian Lenny on two pendrives [in sRAID1], so > that the HDD's in the pc can be used only as ""data containers"", but it > gives

usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread Nagy Gabor
Did anyone managed to boot from RAID1? Lenny gives this error message: "mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md0" I just want to install Debian Lenny on two pendrives [in sRAID1], so that the HDD's in the pc can be used only as ""data containers"", but it gives this error message. Please help me.

usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread Nagy Gabor
Did anyone managed to boot from RAID1? Lenny gives this error message: "mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md0" I just want to install Debian Lenny on two pendrives [in sRAID1], so that the HDD's in the pc can be used only as ""data containers"", but it gives this error message. Please help me.

usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread Jozsi Vadkan
Did anyone managed to boot from RAID1? Lenny gives this error message: "mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md0" I just want to install Debian Lenny on two pendrives [in sRAID1], so that the HDD's in the pc can be used only as ""data containers"", but it gives this error message. Please help me.