Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Kai Schaetzl wrote: > >> Rudi Ahlers wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:10:48 +0200: >> >> >>>> /boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it. >>>> leave /dev/sdb1 the same size as /dev/sda1 and call it /boot2 and try >>>> to remember to copy /boot to /boot2 each time you update the kernel. >>>> >>> I understand this, but how do you boot from /boot2 on the second HDD if >>> the 1st have failed? >>> >> You don't (*). I don't understand John's advice here. There is no problem >> md mirroring /boot. You just need to install grub a second time on the >> other disk. For that you have to boot from it. (I think I also did it >> successfully without booting from the other disk in the past, but last >> time I tried it it didn't want to work like I remembered it should.) >> >> (*) Anyway, you would boot from a Rescue CD or such and rename it ... >> > > Yes, no problems, I had /boot mirrored across 4 drives (NAS box) and > grub installed on each. > > If you use labels for /boot in fstab you don't even need to edit fstab > from a rescue CD, just remove the failed first drive and boot. > > -Ross > > _____________________________________________________________________ Can you please explain this to me? I've never used labels before, so if you could maybe show me a sample of how it's setup? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1574 - Release Date: 7/25/2008 4:27 PM