> Is there a special patch that I'm missing? or a special switch for
> lilo that I didn't use? How do you install the boot on the second
> drive anyway, and at which point do you install it. I think if you
> install it once the raid is in place it should work for both drives
> correct?
This is highly dependent on how the bios works in your machine and
also how it interprets the status of the missing drive. Some scsi
controllers will automatically place the first available drive in the
bios 0x80 slot, others will not -- also bios dependent. Assuming for
a moment that the controller will do this, if the "dead" drive is
still a valid scsi device then it won't happen anyway. Some bios's
will allow you to designate an alternate device as the boot device --
not standardized.
Best bet is to have the boot diskette handy and always plan to swap a
bad primary disk for the next in line. This requires that the second
boot track be written as though it were positioned as the first
device. i.e. the bios=0x80 line of the lilo.conf file. Then when
there is a failure, you can boot from the diskette to go on the air
ASAP and swap the secondary and primary drives for a semi-permanent
fix until a new drive is installed.
Michael
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