Bug#489006: debian-installer: After grub software raid installation, machine fails to boot with first drive removed or blanked.
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Felix Zielcke wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 17.06.2009, 15:43 +0200 schrieb Raphael Hertzog:
> > On Thu, 04 Jun 2009, Felix Zielcke wrote:
> > > I think this shouldn't anymore happen with grub2.
> > > It supports the Linux Software RAID.
> > > Could you please try it? (grub-pc package)
> >
> > How are we supposed to try it?
> >
> > grub-install /dev/md0 ?
>
> Either grub-install '(md0)' if you want to have grub2 in all MBRs
> of /dev/md0
I tried this and it did work like expected.
> > In any case, grub-installer still needs some modifications to do the
> > proper operation, whatever it is.
I would suggest to force install grub-pc when boot partition is on RAID
and replace (hd0) by (md0) for installation in MBR. Maybe we need a
supplementary check that ensures that (hd0) is part of (md0).
I might try to come up with a patch.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog
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