> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 1:28 AM
> To: Linux-RAID
> Subject: root on RAID
>
>
> RedHat Linux 6.1 has the following warning:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/61/rh6.1-hcl-i.ld
> -5.html#ss5.6
> 5.6 RAID Contr ollers Known Issues:
> The installation of Red Hat Linux's root partition onto a
> RAID device is
> not supported.
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Do you know what problems having the root partition on RAID
> will cause?
>
> If root is not on a RAID controller and the disk with the
> root partition
> fails, wont the system stop?
I don't know why they say this, seems a little silly to me. I've got ROOT
installed on both hardware and software RAID here, works fine. For software
RAID, I'd advise against anything other than RAID1 (mirroring). Hardware
RAID it doesn't matter; I run root on hardware RAID5.
Greg
