[mythtv-users] Linux software raid question

[Robin Hill]

On Sat Jun 07, 2008 at 08:47:56AM -0400, Richard Freeman wrote:

> 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...
> 
If you build the RAID methods into the kernel (rather than using
modules) and use version 0.9 superblocks and 0xfd partition types
(allowing the kernel to auto-assemble the RAID partitions) then the root
partition can also be RAIDed without using initrd.

Cheers,
        Robin
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