Re: raid1 or raid10 for /boot

2008-02-06 Thread Bill Davidsen
Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: I understand that lilo and grub only can boot partitions that look like a normal single-drive partition. And then I understand that a plain raid10 has a layout which is equivalent to raid1. Can such a raid10 partition be used with grub or lilo for booting? And would

Re: raid1 or raid10 for /boot

2008-02-06 Thread Keld Jørn Simonsen
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:52:11PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: I understand that lilo and grub only can boot partitions that look like a normal single-drive partition. And then I understand that a plain raid10 has a layout which is equivalent to raid1. Can such a

Re: raid1 or raid10 for /boot

2008-02-04 Thread Robin Hill
On Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 07:34:54AM +0100, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: I understand that lilo and grub only can boot partitions that look like a normal single-drive partition. And then I understand that a plain raid10 has a layout which is equivalent to raid1. Can such a raid10 partition be used

Re: raid1 or raid10 for /boot

2008-02-04 Thread Keld Jørn Simonsen
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:17:35AM +, Robin Hill wrote: On Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 07:34:54AM +0100, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: I understand that lilo and grub only can boot partitions that look like a normal single-drive partition. And then I understand that a plain raid10 has a layout

Re: raid1 or raid10 for /boot

2008-02-04 Thread Robin Hill
On Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 12:21:40PM +0100, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:17:35AM +, Robin Hill wrote: On Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 07:34:54AM +0100, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: I understand that lilo and grub only can boot partitions that look like a normal

raid1 or raid10 for /boot

2008-02-03 Thread Keld Jørn Simonsen
I understand that lilo and grub only can boot partitions that look like a normal single-drive partition. And then I understand that a plain raid10 has a layout which is equivalent to raid1. Can such a raid10 partition be used with grub or lilo for booting? And would there be any advantages in