Thanks,
The howto you mention covers software RAID. I seem to remember
reading that only RAID 1 is bootable (and maybe only s/w RAID).
I'm running hardware RAID 5. Maybe the howto will help
Mukaila. It sounded like he was using RAID using on motherboard
controllers. Sorry about the incorrect blanket statement about
not being able to boot from RAID. Apparently, you can with
the right combination.
Cheers,
Rich
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http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Boot+Root+Raid+LILO.html
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"Jennings, Richard R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@fsmlabs.com on
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Oops,
Forgot to CC the rtlinux list.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennings, Richard R
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 7:13 AM
To: 'Mukaila olundegun'
Subject: RE: Can not Install LILO on the MBR
Hi Mukaila,
Sorry to bring you the bad news, but you cannot boot from a RAID array.
We have a six disk array and had to configure one OUT of the array to
boot RH 6.2. The other method is use a boot floppy (quite slow) or
another disk that will show up BEFORE the RAID array. We tried
using another disk to boot from but we could not get disk to show
up BEFORE the RAID controller. We have the Adaptec 2940UW
and Megaraid RAID controller combination.
If I'm wrong here, someone please correct me. I would be happy
to be able to boot from our RAID array.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Rich
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mukaila olundegun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:25 PM
To: RTLinux mailing list
Subject: Can not Install LILO on the MBR
Hello Everyone,
On my box I have the following spec.
2* 81GByte HDD (configured for RAID1 mirroring)
1 DVD (IDE)
1 CDROM
2*800MHzPENTIUM III CPU (Linux detect both and built linux.smp and
linux-up)
Motherboard RIOWORKS has onboard RAID controller but not used.
Linux Distribution RedHart ver 6.2
Disk partition: Root(/) Boot(/boot) home(/home)..etc. All with Raid1
configuration except swap disk.
My problem is I can not install LILO on the MBR. It turns gray and can not
be selected during insation. When I restart I have only "LI" display and
the
system stops.
My question is, is there a limit for the HDD (81GB) that is preventing the
installation? Or have I missed something somewhere?
I made a boot disk (floppy disk) which I am using currently. I have no
problem with the boot disk nor the system itself.
Any help will be appreciated
Mukaila
