On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Fred fred.fredex@gmail.com wrote:
Previously I used a procedure where each partition was part of a separate RAID device, but this time I'm trying the HOWTO from the Centos WIKI on making a partitionable RAID pair.
Although the instructions work, there are pitfalls when one of the disk fails.
I sought help in this mailing list way back in June/July 2012 time frame. I would suggest you search the list archives of that period.
I did update dracut to the latest version but removing and restoring a failed disk would not boot.
Posted the problem in the madm mailing list as well with no resolution.
or more importantly, how can I solve it?
See below.
I may have to revert to the other method, but I figured this one was worth a try.
I second the above option, if you have the luxury. In the "other" method, the system at least boots with one disk gone.
-- Arun Khan