> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 10 16:09:33 2000
>
> > 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.
>
All extremely valid commentary. This is one of the reasons why
I ultimately decided to switch to hardware RAID for most applications.
That way, the controller deals with this and you get flagged about
a bad drive (best case). 8-)
Cheers,
C
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Chris Mauritz
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