Can grub be installed on a md array?
Rashkae
ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Fri Oct 17 05:07:03 UTC 2008
Derek Broughton wrote:
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> But it's /boot! _between_ boots, it never gets accessed at all, unless
> you're changing the grub menu, or installing a new kernel, and if you're
> talking about the kind of system that needs raid, it doesn't boot very
> often at all.
>
> If your /boot is on a separate partitition, you can swap it for a live CD or
> a USB stick...
and why bother complicating things just to save yourself a 10MB
partition? Unless the system had hot swap drives, you have to boot at
least once to replace a failed drive anyhow, and there is no penalty for
making even humble boot fault tolerant. Really, I find your resistance
to the idea outright bizarre.
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