Re: [CentOS] install on raid1

2010-07-25 Thread Wessel | Postoffice
thnx for the response guys Apparently the problem lies with the bios not detecting both sata dirives early enough in its boot process. so i patched both drives to another port on the motherboard and now it works like a charm. but i'm not sure what i've to add to the grub.conf? wessel On Jul 23,

Re: [CentOS] install on raid1

2010-07-23 Thread Les Mikesell
On 7/23/2010 9:00 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> Try something like this: >> >> Grub>device (hd0) /dev/sdb >> Grub>root (hd0,0) >> Grub>setup (hd0) > > His syntax shows the installation from within a grub prompt which is right, > Yours looks more like what you use with grub-install. Regardless, his

Re: [CentOS] install on raid1

2010-07-23 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Wessel | Postoffice wrote: > I'm currently trying to install centos 5.4 x86-64bit on a raid 1, so if one > the 2 disks fails the server will still be available. > i installed grub on /dev/sda using the advanced grub configuration option > during the install. > afte

Re: [CentOS] install on raid1

2010-07-23 Thread Jussi Hirvi
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but here is the howto I have been using twice, with good results: http://www.howtoforge.com/software-raid1-grub-boot-fedora-8 After installing grub to the other disk, did you update your grub.conf accordingly? Terv. Jussi On 23.7.2010 11.12, Wess

Re: [CentOS] install on raid1

2010-07-23 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Try something like this: > >Grub>device (hd0) /dev/sdb >Grub>root (hd0,0) >Grub>setup (hd0) His syntax shows the installation from within a grub prompt which is right, Yours looks more like what you use with grub-install. Regardless, his approach is how my kickstart has been doing it for years wi

Re: [CentOS] install on raid1

2010-07-23 Thread Dominik Zyla
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:12:13AM +0200, Wessel | Postoffice wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm currently trying to install centos 5.4 x86-64bit on a raid 1, so if one > the > 2 disks fails the server will still be available. > i installed grub on /dev/sda using the advanced grub configuration option > du

Re: [CentOS] install on raid1

2010-07-23 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I'm currently trying to install centos 5.4 x86-64bit on a raid 1, /snip So when you were asked where to install the boot loader, what did you choose? Everything looks fine... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/li

[CentOS] install on raid1

2010-07-23 Thread Wessel | Postoffice
Hi All, I'm currently trying to install centos 5.4 x86-64bit on a raid 1, so if one the 2 disks fails the server will still be available. i installed grub on /dev/sda using the advanced grub configuration option during the install. after the install is done i boot in linux rescue mode , chroot t