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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]