[plug] Grub and RAID-1

Brad Campbell brad at wasp.net.au
Mon Sep 8 18:06:24 WST 2003


Brad Campbell wrote:
> Russ Pitman wrote:
> 
>> Know nothing about Raid,Normally (hd0)= /dev/hda
>>                  (hd1)= /dev/hdb
>>                  (hd2)= /dev/hdc
>> Perhaps I'm confused :-)   
> 
> 
> There is no /dev/hdb, so hd1 becomes /dev/hdc
> 
> In this configuration I can set the bios to boot of either disk and it 
> will work fine, it only trips up when hd0 disappears.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 

Got it sussed.

grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> device (hd0) /dev/hdc
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)

Boom, boots of either disk regardless of position or bios order..
Love it. :p)

Brad



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