Cannot boot from software RAID with 2TB disks

Matthias Brennwald matthias at brennwald.org
Wed May 12 08:57:48 UTC 2010


On May 12, 2010, at 9:58 AM, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:

> You missed this part on that page:
> 
> 
> Warning: the /boot filesystem cannot use any softRAID level other than 1 
> with the stock Ubuntu bootloader. If you want to use some other RAID 
> level for most things, you'll need to create separate partitions and 
> make a RAID1 device for /boot.

Ah... that explains a lot. I'll try again installing to a RAID1.
Yet, wouldn't it be nice if the installer would prevent idiots like me from installing the system to an unsupported RAID level?

Matthias



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