[mythtv-users] The Bigger... Disk contest, Fall 2007 edition

[Sean Goodpasture]

You can boot from your raid 5 if you want to... but that's just bad juju
waiting to happen IMO.  Especially since I'm running a software raid on PATA
drives (eek, I know, WAY cheaper though).

On 10/18/07, Joe Ripley <vitaminjoe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/18/07, Sean Goodpasture <goofygrin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  Nice thing about unraid is that it boots off a memory stick, so no need
> for
> > another drive (which would cost more and take up space in the box).
>
> My system isn't nearly as large (only 1.5 TB), however, I just wanted
> to mention that you don't need a dedicated drive just for booting when
> using software RAID.  I usually make my boot drive a RAID1 across all
> of my installed disks, just to make sure the system can boot in the
> event of multiple drive failure.
>
> Since you're a Gentoo guy, the wiki has a good explanation on how to
> boot from the RAID:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Install_on_Software_RAID
>
> --
> Joe Ripley
> vitaminjoe at gmail.com
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