GRUB + RAID
Ubuntu's GRUB is rather fussy sometimes.
as one of my previous posts GRUB refused to install on a RAID5 array but was okay with a RAID1 array
we had some issues this time installing to a RAID1 array and the installation kept on prompting as to where to install its GRUB boot loader.
showing a path
even if we switched to a terminal and got the device name and manually typed it on.
it didnt boot after saying "successful install"
to over come this we made a separate partition on the existing RAID1 Array
-- 500MB size
-- ext2 file system
-- mounted /boot on it
When the partioioner starts us
1) chose manual
2) delete partitions other than the swap partition (or make it whatever size you like)
3) create yout 500MB, ext2, /boot partition
4) mount the "/" partition on the remaining space
we havent tested with another partitioning table but it should work if you mount your /home and other folders elsewhere.
this config worked for us
=)
as one of my previous posts GRUB refused to install on a RAID5 array but was okay with a RAID1 array
we had some issues this time installing to a RAID1 array and the installation kept on prompting as to where to install its GRUB boot loader.
showing a path
/dev/mapper
even if we switched to a terminal and got the device name and manually typed it on.
it didnt boot after saying "successful install"
to over come this we made a separate partition on the existing RAID1 Array
-- 500MB size
-- ext2 file system
-- mounted /boot on it
When the partioioner starts us
1) chose manual
2) delete partitions other than the swap partition (or make it whatever size you like)
3) create yout 500MB, ext2, /boot partition
4) mount the "/" partition on the remaining space
we havent tested with another partitioning table but it should work if you mount your /home and other folders elsewhere.
this config worked for us
=)
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