Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-22 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Dave Johansen davejohan...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dave Johansen davejohan...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, SilverTip257

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-22 Thread Dave Johansen
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:16 AM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Dave Johansen davejohan...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dave Johansen

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-21 Thread Dave Johansen
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dave Johansen davejohan...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Gerry Reno

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-13 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 03/12/2013 10:28 AM, Dave Johansen wrote: 1) Has this issue of handling the renaming been resolved in RHEL 6? (my guess is no) 2) Would a software RAID be a better choice than using the BIOS RAID? Almost certainly, yes. 3) If a software RAID is the better choice, are there going to be an

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-12 Thread Dave Johansen
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM,

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-12 Thread SilverTip257
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dave Johansen davejohan...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-08 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat

[CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Paras pradhan
Hi, I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I created /dev/md0 to hold / and /dev/md1 for swap and nothing else. Grub is installed on /dev/md0. After the successful installation, the server does not boot. I don't see the boot loader . I see a blank cursor blinking. What

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Timo Schoeler
On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: Hi, Hi, I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I created /dev/md0 to hold / and /dev/md1 for swap and nothing else. Grub is installed on /dev/md0. After the successful installation, the server does not boot. I

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Paras pradhan
I don't get a grub so I can't issue c . Paras. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Timo Schoeler timo.schoe...@riscworks.net wrote: On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: Hi, Hi, I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I created /dev/md0 to hold / and

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Timo Schoeler
On 03/07/2013 05:43 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: I don't get a grub so I can't issue c . Replying off-list: Use the rescue mode of your installation CD/DVD. Then you can apply the commands described there. HTH, Timo Paras. ___ CentOS mailing

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Paras pradhan
One question: During the install, do I install grub on sda or md0? Paras. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Paras pradhan pradhanpa...@gmail.com wrote: I don't get a grub so I can't issue c . Paras. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Timo Schoeler timo.schoe...@riscworks.net wrote: On

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Paras pradhan pradhanpa...@gmail.comwrote: One question: During the install, do I install grub on sda or md0? Install grub on sda and sdb. Installing GRUB on the mbr of both disks ensures that your system can still boot if one disk has failed. Although the

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Paras pradhan
I have a centos 5.4 installation. grub on /dev/md0 . no problem at all. my primary disk failed , replaced the disk and no problem at all. what has changed in 5.9 and 6 releases? its not easy anymore. Paras. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:17 AM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:17 PM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Paras pradhan pradhanpa...@gmail.comwrote: One question: During the install, do I install grub on sda or md0? Install grub on sda and sdb. Installing GRUB on the mbr of both disks

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Dave Johansen
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Timo Schoeler timo.schoe...@riscworks.net wrote: On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: Hi, Hi, I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I created /dev/md0 to hold / and /dev/md1 for swap and nothing else. Grub is

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Gerry Reno
On 03/07/2013 06:29 PM, Dave Johansen wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Timo Schoeler timo.schoe...@riscworks.net wrote: On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: Hi, Hi, I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I created /dev/md0 to hold / and /dev/md1

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread John R Pierce
On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any serious difficulties. I don't quite understand the logic in all these negative statements about software raid on that wiki page. The

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Steve Thompson
On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, John R Pierce wrote: On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any serious difficulties. I don't quite understand the logic in all these negative statements

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Gerry Reno
On 03/07/2013 06:40 PM, John R Pierce wrote: On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any serious difficulties. I don't quite understand the logic in all these negative statements

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any serious difficulties. I don't quite understand the logic in all

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Gerry Reno
On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any serious