Re: rescue bootable cd ???
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:37:10PM -0500, helices wrote:
>
> When I composed the first message, I had in mind the olden days when I
> often (not always ;<) made a bootable floppy when I made a new kernel.
> That bootable floppy booted off of the exact same kernel, except a
> different copy residing on the floppy. When the system completed boot,
> I was logging into the actual system, even though I booted off of the
> floppy based kernel.
>
> The problem with knoppix cd, and the debian installation/rescue cd, is
> that they do NOT understand the specifics of my lvm over software raid
> 5. The specifics required probably all reside under /etc -- on a
> filesystem in lvm on software raid 5.
>
> Actually, I believe that both instances that stung me were lilo, not
> grub; and, NO, there is no /boot outside of both lvm and software raid
> 5.
>
So you're saying that you have an LVM over raid5 setup that Etch's
install CD in rescue mode can't detect and setup?
I didn't know that GRUB can handle LVM or raid5 reliably? Why not use a
32 MB /boot raid1 partition? This may be why the rescue CD can't handle
it.
Doug.
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