[mythtv-users] Linux software raid question

Richard Freeman r-mythtv at thefreemanclan.net
Sat Jun 7 12:47:56 UTC 2008


Stef Coene wrote:
> /boot is the only thing that needs on a raid 1.  Bootloader grub can 
> read /boot, load the kernel and the initrd and start the boot process.
> Once the kernel is loaded, all modules are loaded to access the other raid/lvm 
> partitions.
> 

Agreed - I pointed this out later in my post.  However, if you don't use 
an initrd then your root must be raid1 as well.  I've never bothered 
with an initrd - I suppose they aren't that hard to set up...


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