Re: [SLE] raid test failure of hda

From: Louis Richards (louis_at_ldrit.com)
Date: 05/23/05

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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 07:29:22 -0400

    On Sunday 22 May 2005 06:10 pm, Richard Bos wrote:
    <SNIP>
    > Is it possible to alter the MBR in /dev/hdc?
    >
    > ps: I can also start the system using by selecting 'installation' from the
    > suse disk and than -> boot installed OS -> this finds that a bootable
    > system on /dev/md0 (while hda is removed from the system)...
    >
    >
    > --
    > Richard Bos
    > Without a home the journey is endless

    From an older message:

    Once the system is up, install the grub software and then install grub
    on both MBRs like this:

    grub

    Grub>device (hd0) /dev/hda
    Grub>root (hd0,0) and then:
    Grub>setup (hd0)

    Grub>device (hd0) /dev/hdb
    Grub>root (hd0,0) and then:
    Grub>setup (hd0)

    quit

    Now that grub is on both drives just add an extra entry in menu.1st like
    this:

    title Linux [MIRROR]
     kernel (hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/md2 vga=0x317 splash=silent desktop
    resume=/dev/md3 showopts initrd (hd1,1)/boot/initrd

    This is just a copy of whatever you have for linux already but changing the
    drive number in parenthesis.

    Depending on how your motherboard's BIOS handles a failed drive, you may
    or may not need the second entry to boot.

    HTH, 

    -- 
Louis Richards
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