On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 03:46:25PM +0200, Hugh Bragg wrote:
> I don't seem to be able to find all the information on how to
> install raid1 onto root. There is some obsolete information
> in the howto which point to a RedHat root on raid howto
> but this doesn't do it all.
> http://arf.math.metu.edu.tr/LDP/HOWTO/Root-RAID-HOWTO.html
>
> I'm using a stock RH 6.2 system and I want to move my root
> partition to md0 and use lilo. I have raid1 personality
> compiled into the kernel, and /boot is on /.
>[...]
>
> Would someone please provide a step by step breakdown
> of what needs to done?
>
> If not, let me know if this is possible or even worth the
> effort.
A couple quick notes:
* What does the output of your lilo say? Does it install w/o errors
and does your machine boot up OK? Make sure you are using
'lilo-0.21-15' (or newer) for doing a raid-1 root.
* Make sure your fstab has the correct entries! I.e., if / is
/dev/md0 and the fstab says it is /dev/sda1, then your mount will say
that /dev/sda1 is mounted as / when /dev/md0 actually is. (Strange
but true. I've been stumped by this in the past.)
Good luck! I've got three boxes here booting up on a raid-1
with great success, so it's very possible if you have the current lilo
and correctly configured /etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab.
Phil
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