Re: redundant debian array via mdadm
On Mon, 27 Jun 2011, Joey L wrote:
> thanks - i set that partition as bootable before..actually both drives are
> set as bootable in the partition manager.
> I also get a Raid failed error when i boot with all drives in the server.
> But when i run cat /proc/mdadm - they seem to be all fine.
You need the MBR and boot loader installed to both drives, and configured to
match whatever your BIOS/EFI expects to find in the second disk when the
first disk fails. This isn't supposed to be a problem for EFI and GPT, but
for standard DOS disklabels, it can be.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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