On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 16:02, eli at 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. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com