Hello!
I set up a raid-1-system with root-raid. I created boot-partitions
(normal non-raid ext2 partitions) not included in the raid. One on
/dev/hda1 and the other /dev/hdc1. hdc1 is thought for the situation if
hda1 fails.
My copy my lilo.conf, raidtab and my lilo-install-script below this
mail...
My Problem:
First i tried to use root=/boot-hda1 in lilo.conf.hda below. But this
doesn't work. I got the following error from lilo:
Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0x0906
... but /boot-hda1 was mounted to /dev/hda1 which is a nonraid ext2
partition.
o.k. but when i mount /dev/hda1 on /boot lilo works (where's the
difference - maybe /boot is referneced somewhere in the System.map or
vmlinuz and lilo trys to check this?)
I changed my lilo script and now lilo installs the kernels on /dev/hda1
and /dev/hdc1 and itself to the master boot record. Both partitions are
marked as active.
Booting from /dev/hda1 works fine. Then I simulated a error and removed my
first disk. In my BIOS i use autodetection for the harddisks. When System
reboots I think he tries to boot from /dev/hdc1, because the computer
doesn't say "no system, press any key to reboot" (or something similiar).
But I only got many alternating 010101010101 scrolling down my screen -
which means that something is wrong with lilo....
Is there something else to do, that lilo could boot from the second disk?
yours sincerely
M. Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here my actual config-files:
---------------------------snip /etc/raidtab ---------------------------
# Many many raid-partitions for different user quotas
#
# /var/spool
#
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/hdc5
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hda5
raid-disk 1
#
# /home
#
raiddev /dev/md1
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/hdc6
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hda6
raid-disk 1
#
# /usr
#
raiddev /dev/md2
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/hdc8
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hda8
raid-disk 1
#
# /opt
#
raiddev /dev/md3
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/hdc9
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hda9
raid-disk 1
#
# /var
#
raiddev /dev/md4
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/hdc10
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hda10
raid-disk 1
#
# /var/tmp
#
raiddev /dev/md5
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/hdc11
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hda11
raid-disk 1
#
# / Root-File-System
#
raiddev /dev/md6
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/hdc12
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hda12
raid-disk 1
#
# /tmp
#
raiddev /dev/md7
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/hdc13
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hda13
raid-disk 1
----------------------- snap /etc/raidtab ---------------------------
----------------------- snip /etc/lilo.conf.hda ---------------------
append="console=ttyS1"
boot=/dev/hda
serial=1,9600n8
vga=normal
read-only
prompt
timeout=50
# End LILO global Section
#
# here was /boot-hda1/vmlinuz , but this got the lilo-error
# Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0x0906
# /boot/vmlinuz seems to be work fine, so I changed
# finally all the scripts...
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/md6
label = Linux
#
image = /boot/vmlinuz.old
root = /dev/md6
label = Linux.old
------------------- snap /etc/lilo.conf.hda --------------------
/etc/lilo.conf.hdc looks similiar....
I moved /sbin/lilo to /sbin/lilo-for-raid and created this one:
------------------- snip /sbin/lilo ---------------------------
#/bin/sh
#
# mount both Boot-Filesystems
mount /dev/hda1 /boot-hda1
mount /dev/hdc1 /boot-hdc1
# copy Files
cp -a /boot/* /boot-hda1
cp -a /boot/* /boot-hdc1
/bin/sync
# umount both Boot-Filesystems
umount /dev/hda1
umount /dev/hdc1
# Initialize first boot filesystem
mount /dev/hda1 /boot
# call original lilo
/sbin/lilo-for-raid -C /etc/lilo.conf.hda
/bin/sync
umount /dev/hda1
# Initialize second boot filesystem
mount /dev/hdc1 /boot
/sbin/lilo-for-raid -C /etc/lilo.conf.hdc
/bin/sync
umount /dev/hdc1
------------------------------- snip ---------------------------
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