Howdy,
I've got a machine running Mandrake 7.1 with a root RAID-5 (RAID 0.90 with
2.2.17) running and need to have this machine up 24x7.
I've got 3 identical 30GB IBM drives working just fine:
/dev/hda <- my boot partition is on it
/dev/hde
/dev/hdg
If /dev/hde or /dev/hdg died, then I could run in degraded mode until I got
the new drive but if /dev/hda dies I am in trouble if I need to reboot my
machine for whatever reason.
How can I make my other drives bootable if /dev/hda dies? I've got a small
ext2 partition on each drive (/boot, /boot2 and /boot3) that contains the
kernel and System maps but I just can't seem to be able to boot off of them.
I have 2 machines with root RAID-1 on them and I can boot off of either
drive if there is a problem - I didn't have near enough this amount of
trouble setting them up either. I just booted up once with each drive
(leaving the other unhooked) and lilo'd them. But this particular machine is
RAID 5 and uses grub.
Would it be just be easier (and possibly more reliable) to have a floppy
kernel to boot off of in case of disaster with my boot drive?
Any idea where I could find more information about setting all of these
drives to boot. I've gone through the RAID HOWTOs and FAQs and haven't found
any answers.
Thanks for any help/pointers/tips that anyone can offer.
--
Darron
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