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Re: Root partition on raid?
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Tonton |
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Re: Root partition on raid? |
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Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:22:01 +0200 |
Hi, no, I use mdadm. Can GRUB see/use/boot this?
Maybe this is way easier than I thought. Could you share how you configure
this on your end?
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:52:09 +0200
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden> wrote:
> Tonton,
>
> Tonton wrote:
> > This is mostly a shot in the dark, but is it feasible to have a
> > /boot
> > partition with a initramfs on a partition of it's own and then
> > all the rest
> > of / on a raid partition?
>
> Sure. I do this on my home server, so I never have to worry about
> rebooting headlessly after swapping a RAID drive (or have to
> install GRUB on every single one).
>
> > To make it work kernel, initramfs, mdadm, GRUB and some other
> > tools would
> > need to be copied to the /boot partition from store, but this is
> > potentially
> > worthwhile?
>
> You've lost me here, though. Why is this needed? What needs to
> work?
>
> Oh… are you using some hardware RAID that GRUB can't see?
>
> Does it provide advantages that mdraid wouldn't?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R
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