Re: How to install grub on fakeraid (raid 0) which spans 2 TB?

[André Heynatz]

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> Datum: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:24:20 +0100
> Von: Felix Zielcke <address@hidden>
> An: The development of GNU GRUB <address@hidden>
> Betreff: Re: How to install grub on fakeraid (raid 0) which spans 2 TB?

> Am Dienstag, den 22.12.2009, 18:02 +0100 schrieb "André Heynatz":
> > I have bought two 1 TB harddisks and one 2 TB harddisk (backup).
> > I want to use the 1 TB harddisks in a RAID 0 array (Intel ICH8R
> > Fakeraid).
> > 
> 
> > I wanted to install Linux, then create the data partition with
> > Win XP SP3 Disk Management Tool. The Linux install failed
> > because Ubuntu wanted to install GRUB1 which is not part of
> > the install CD. 
> 
> There was a bug that GRUB Legacy wasn't included on the karmic DVD but
> that should have been fixed already. So make sure you use a fresh image
> file.
> 
> > I wonder that Ubuntu uses GRUB2 at all at the
> > moment because the FakeRaid support is still lacking which was
> > known before release (a severe regression).
> 
> That's why grub-installer uses still GRUB Legacy in case /boot is on a
> dmraid.
> 
> 
> GRUB Legacy is complete dead for us, so if you want to have help for
> that you have to ask at some Ubuntu place or somewhere else.
> With GRUB 2 you could try the lucid (10.04) package out.
> At least grub-probe should work there.
> But I never tested if grub-setup works and so not if it actually boots
> correctly from a dmraid.
> 
> -- 
> Felix Zielcke
> Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer

I know my initial mail is very long. Please read it completely. At first I have 
tried GRUB1, then I have tried GRUB2 with the Lucid package - no success yet. 
The autodetection of operating systems is better in GRUB2, so I would prefer to 
use the new version. But it does not work even though dmraid is recognized. The 
configuration seems to be ok, but I cannot boot.
With GRUB1 I had more success, but not with the partition order I chose because 
of a bug in the Windows XP SP3 Disk Management Tool. All details are in my post.

Thanks for your help,

André

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