Martin Bene wrote:
> At 16:17 29.01.99 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >assume I set up LILO to load the kernel off the first disk (where the
> >/boot dir resides too)
> >
> >when the first disk crashes , the system won't boot anymore.
> >Solution:
>
> have a /boot1 ... /bootn on each of your disks; make each disk bootable.
thanks, I thought about this option too:
but assume the worst of the worst:
LILO starts on the first disk, and then tries to read the kernel image from
the harddisk,
but at this point the BIOS encounters a buggy sector and can not complete the
loading
of the kernel and halts.
Ok its very unlikely but it can happen
In this case the bootfloppy has the advantage that if it is corrupt you can
quickly replace it with a new.
Plus there is another additional work when a disk fails,using your solution:
you have to set up the /bootn dir and rerun lilo.
i plan to install software-RAID Linux PCs, where the user is a joe-average
user,
so I think for my purposes I think I will consider the boot-floppy option.
best regards,
Benno.
