On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 16:02, eli@streetlampsoftware.com wrote:
I've observed this too. Really irritating.
RAID1 has to sync as you create it - and if it doesn't complete and shut down cleanly it will do it again on the first boot. With hardware that is reasonable to run as RAID1 it shouldn't be noticeable. Why is it irritating?
It halts the install of packages until the sync is done for the / mount points. (/var/ /bin/ /etc/ ..) As a mount is required, it snycs the drives.
I always do an NFS install so I don't wait around and watch, but I don't see any reason a RAID1 has to wait for the sync to complete before using it - it doesn't when you build one by hand.
Later, when installing the files in /boot, it syncs that too. Basically, it is lots of waiting with what looks like a frozen task bar. The waiting is the pain. ;)
It should take about 15 seconds to sync /boot... The thing that bothers me more is that it doesn't know enough to install grub on either of the underlying drives, let alone both.