Re: LILO with root-raid nightmare - please help.
hi ya drbob
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, drbob wrote:
> I've replaced a failed disk in my raid 1 setup. I replaced the disk (hda
> on-board ide),
what exaactly did you type BEFORE you removed the bad disk ??
raidhotadd, raidhotremove, etc, etc.. is required ( aka good idea )
> So I went into the bios and set it to boot off the
> promise card first.
some bios cannot boot off of additional ide cards ( pci cards )
and mixing with onboard ide might be confusing the system
> LILO version 22.6.1
too old ...
you should be using lilo-22.7.1 for raid stuff if you want a working
bootable raid system
> lba32
> boot=/dev/md1
> raid-extra-boot=/dev/hda,/dev/hde
why do you use "extra-boot" ??
- try commenting that line out
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.24.raidserver1
> label=RAID
> read-only
> root=/dev/md3
this implies /dev/md1 is your /boot ??
and that your rootfs ( /bin, /etc, /sbin .. ) is in /dev/md3 ??
for more debugging ...
what is the contents of /etc/fstab
what is the contents of /etc/mdadm.conf
what is the output of "cat /proc/mdstat"
> Is it safe to just put the disk with a valid mbr (hde) onto the on-board
> controller?
yes and no .. depends on the mb and bios and your lilo config options
c ya
alvin
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