Re: raid1 and lilo second disk doesn't boot
Hi Alvin,
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 01:02:35PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
> lilo.conf looks correct for boot= and root=
> ( "correct" == the way i do it and works for me )
> - nothing wrong with lilo.conf
>
> - other last issue is that is just a dumb lilo problem
> and nothing to do with raid
> ( a few painful experiments )
>
> - try using "linear" instead of lba32
done
> - you can also try removing "install="
done
> - you should remove "raid-extra-boot"
> ( i haven't seen it before )
done
> - it's a good test you're doing to disconnect sda
> to see if its boots .. also repeat with a disconnected sdb
> - and verify that written data to one disks
> is sync'd to the other disk when its "reconnected"
It boots of both disks (when the other one is disconnected)
> watch it syncing with "cat /proc/mdstat"
However, it does not sync automatically. I have to add the disk into
the array manually with mdadm.
Thanks in advance,
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