That is not my experience, but let's qualify that. Ubuntu grub 0.97 _does_ support GPT with RAID1, except for the boot partition which must, as stated previously in the workaround, be on a non-RAID partition for the reasons you stated. Currently as far as I can tell GRUB2 does no better.
I'm also not entirely sure that the desktop update for GRUB made it into the server version. Last time I installed 9.10 server it used GRUB 0.97 by default but worked with RAID1 just fine except for the boot. But maybe it defaulted back to 0.97 as RAID1 was used. # grub --version grub (GNU GRUB 0.97) # cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier # for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name # devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # / was on /dev/md0 during installation UUID=43dd4718-11b9-4ab0-a584-69c3775d8f6a / xfs defaults 0 1 # /boot was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=dc4133c1-bac6-43e0-952d-190e10aebb40 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 # /mnt/boot was on /dev/sdb1 during installation UUID=bbe887cd-da41-4770-a2c0-f9d0f0d7bf90 /mnt/boot ext3 defaults 0 2 # /shares was on /dev/md2 during installation UUID=4527056e-d0cf-4b2f-90ad-4d0f182545fc /shares xfs defaults 0 2 # swap was on /dev/md1 during installation UUID=1153890f-d1d9-44f6-8605-7efdf0d388df none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 Quote Colin Wilson https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/436340/comments/23 "The solution in Ubuntu 9.10 is: *don't install grub2*. Continue to use GRUB Legacy if you're using SATA RAID devices, since it's the only version that will work in 9.10." Agreed then..., it _isn't_ a doc bug, GRUB2 needs updating. Rather than "How do I create a BIOS Boot Partition that will be suitable for GRUB?" better question is: "When will the installer create a BIOS Boot Partition that will be suitable for GRUB?" Thanks. On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Jakob Unterwurzacher <jakob...@gmail.com>wrote: > GRUB1 does not support GPT, but GRUB2 does - Karmic uses GRUB2, it just > needs this BIOS boot partiton ( > http://grub.enbug.org/BIOS_Boot_Partition ). > > -- > >2TB/GPT: Must warn if BIOS boot partition is missing (unbootable system!) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506670 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in “partman-base” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: partman-base > > (Ubuntu karmic, alternate install CD) > > If you manually partition a large disk (2TB or more), a GUID partition > table (GPT) will automatically (and silently) be used. > This means that you *have to* create a BIOS boot partition ( > http://grub.enbug.org/BIOS_Boot_Partition ), or the grub setup will fail > and the system will be unbootable. > > There *really* should be a warning about a missing BIOS boot partiton (just > like there is a warning about the missing swap partition, which is far less > important). > > This will bite a lot of people as disks > 2TB become standard. > > Screenshot of "Fatal error" when "configuring grub-pc": > http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2181/dsc01923o.jpg > Screenshot of error messages on VT3: > http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9581/dsc01922yi.jpg , transcript: > Jul 6 01:34:43 grub-installer: grub-setup: warn: This GPT partition label > has no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible! > Jul 6 01:34:43 grub-installer: grub-setup: error: Embedding is not > possible, but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array or > LVM volume. > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-base/+bug/506670/+subscribe > -- >2TB/GPT: Must warn if BIOS boot partition is missing (unbootable system!) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506670 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
