On 3/2/2012 2:46 PM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > On 3/2/2012 1:01 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> Digimer wrote: >> <snip> >>> Boot from a live CD using the CentOS 6.2 install media. Once booted: >>> >>> <bash># grub >>> <grub> root (hd0,0) >>> <grub> setup (hd0) >>> <grub> root (hd1,0) >>> <grub> setup (hd1) >>> <grub> root (hd2,0) >>> <grub> setup (hd2) >>> <grub> quit >>> <bash># reboot >>> >>> This assumes that grub sees the drives at '0, 1 and 2' and the boot >>> partition is the first on each drive. If it is, when you type 'root >>> (hdX,0)' it should report that a file system was found. The 'setup >>> (hdX)' will tell grub to write the MBR to the specified disk. >> THANK YOU! I could have used that once or twice, and had no idea that grub >> could create a std. MBR. > > When I set up a RAID 1, I do it like this: > > device (hd0) /dev/sda > root (hd0,0) > setup (hd0) > device (hd0) /dev/sdb > root (hd0,0) > setup (hd0) > device (hd0) /dev/sdc > root (hd0,0) > setup (hd0) > > This way, all the drives are set up as if they are hd0. This way, any > of them will boot normally as a stand-alone drive. > Bowie, in terms of RAID 10, each drive technically cant be standalone right? The drives are striped and mirrored.