Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-22 Thread Dave Johansen
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:16 AM, SilverTip257 wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Dave Johansen > wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM, SilverTip257 > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dave Johansen > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Si

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-22 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Dave Johansen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM, SilverTip257 > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dave Johansen > > wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, SilverTip257 > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Ge

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-21 Thread Dave Johansen
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dave Johansen > wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, SilverTip257 > > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > > > > > > > On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-13 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 03/12/2013 10:28 AM, Dave Johansen wrote: > 1) Has this issue of handling the renaming been resolved in RHEL 6? > (my guess is no) > 2) Would a software RAID be a better choice than using the BIOS RAID? Almost certainly, yes. > 3) If a software RAID is the better choice, are there going to be

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-12 Thread SilverTip257
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dave Johansen wrote: > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, SilverTip257 > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > > > > > On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, John R Pierce > > > wrote: > > >

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-12 Thread Dave Johansen
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, SilverTip257 wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > > > On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, John R Pierce > > wrote: > > >> On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > > >>> Dave, I've been using

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-08 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, John R Pierce > wrote: > >> On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > >>> Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro > RH/CentOS/Fedora fo

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Gerry Reno
On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >>> Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro >>> RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any >>> serious difficulties. I do

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >> Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro >> RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any >> serious difficulties. I don't quite understand the logic in all these >> ne

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Gerry Reno
On 03/07/2013 06:40 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >> Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro >> RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any >> serious difficulties. I don't quite understand the logic in all these >> negative st

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Steve Thompson
On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >> Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro >> RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any serious difficulties. >> I don't quite understand the logic in all these negative statements

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread John R Pierce
On 3/7/2013 3:35 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro > RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any > serious difficulties. I don't quite understand the logic in all these > negative statements about software raid on that > wiki page.

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Gerry Reno
On 03/07/2013 06:29 PM, Dave Johansen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Timo Schoeler > wrote: >> On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: >> >>> Hi, >> Hi, >> >>> I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I >>> created /dev/md0 to hold "/" and /dev/md1 for sw

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Dave Johansen
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Timo Schoeler wrote: > > On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: > > > Hi, > > Hi, > > > I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I > > created /dev/md0 to hold "/" and /dev/md1 for swap and nothing > > else. Grub is installed on /de

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:17 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Paras pradhan wrote: > >> One question: >> >> During the install, do I install grub on sda or md0? >> >> > Install grub on sda and sdb. > Installing GRUB on the mbr of both disks ensures that your system can >

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Paras pradhan
I have a centos 5.4 installation. grub on /dev/md0 . no problem at all. my primary disk failed , replaced the disk and no problem at all. what has changed in 5.9 and 6 releases? its not easy anymore. Paras. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:17 AM, SilverTip257 wrote: > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:00 PM, P

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Paras pradhan wrote: > One question: > > During the install, do I install grub on sda or md0? > > Install grub on sda and sdb. Installing GRUB on the mbr of both disks ensures that your system can still boot if one disk has failed. Although the Linux OS sees those

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Paras pradhan
One question: During the install, do I install grub on sda or md0? Paras. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Paras pradhan wrote: > I don't get a grub so I can't issue "c" . > > Paras. > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Timo Schoeler > wrote: >> On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spa

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Timo Schoeler
On 03/07/2013 05:43 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: > I don't get a grub so I can't issue "c" . Replying off-list: Use the rescue mode of your installation CD/DVD. Then you can apply the commands described there. HTH, Timo > Paras. ___ CentOS mailing

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Paras pradhan
I don't get a grub so I can't issue "c" . Paras. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Timo Schoeler wrote: > On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: > >> Hi, > > Hi, > >> I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I >> created /dev/md0 to hold "/" and /dev/md1 for swa

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Timo Schoeler
On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: > Hi, Hi, > I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I > created /dev/md0 to hold "/" and /dev/md1 for swap and nothing > else. Grub is installed on /dev/md0. After the successful > installation, the server does not boot.

[CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-07 Thread Paras pradhan
Hi, I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I created /dev/md0 to hold "/" and /dev/md1 for swap and nothing else. Grub is installed on /dev/md0. After the successful installation, the server does not boot. I don't see the boot loader . I see a blank cursor blinking. What