Re: Automatically installing GRUB on multiple drives
Nicolas George composed on 2024-01-24 15:39 (UTC+0100):
> Charles Curley (12024-01-24):
>> Although I found it simpler (and faster) to have all my system stuff on
>> an SSD, and the RAID on four HDDs. Grub goes on the SSD and that's that.
> If the SSD dies, your system does not boot. Somewhat wasting the benefit
> of RAID.
Technically, quite true. However, OS and user data are very different. User data
recreation and/or restoration can be as painful as impossible, justifying RAID. OS
can be reinstalled rather easily in a nominal amount of time. A 120G SSD can hold
multiple OS installations quite easily. A spare 120G SSD costs less than a petrol
fillup. I stopped putting OS on RAID when I got my first SSD. My current primary
PC has 5 18G OS installations, all bootable much more quickly than finding a
suitable USB stick to rescue boot from.
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