[KLUG Members] Can I Boot SLES 9 from a RAID 1 array?

[Adam bultman]

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> If the controller is supported (and the ServeRAID should be) then
> it isn't a problem. The OS doesn't really even know about the
> array. Even if you have to create the RAID array with MD you just
> create a 256Mb boot partition on the first disk and still install
> everything into the MD array.

I don't recommend this.  It's easier to just arrange things to boot
from /dev/md0 (even if /dev/md0 is a raid1 boot partition). This keeps
the system up, booting, and running while you arrange for a spare,
instead of scrambling to get the system running again.  I've done this
about half a dozen times - and customers are very thankful.

Adam


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