On 03/07/2013 06:29 PM, Dave Johansen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Timo Schoeler <timo.schoeler at riscworks.net> > wrote: >> On 03/07/2013 05:30 PM, thus Paras pradhan spake: >> >>> Hi, >> Hi, >> >>> I have a server with 2 disks. Installed centos 5.9 with raid1. I >>> created /dev/md0 to hold "/" and /dev/md1 for swap and nothing >>> else. Grub is installed on /dev/md0. After the successful >>> installation, the server does not boot. I don't see the boot loader . >>> I see a blank cursor blinking. >>> >>> What have I done wrong? >> have you paid attention on 'Section Two' here? >> >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SoftwareRAIDonCentOS5 > Does the same warning about it not being recommended to use the > software RAID also apply to CentOS 6? > > Thanks, > Dave > Dave, I've been using software raid with every type of RedHat distro RH/CentOS/Fedora for over 10 years without any serious difficulties. I don't quite understand the logic in all these negative statements about software raid on that wiki page. The worst I get into is I have to boot from a bootdisk if the MBR gets corrupted for any reason. No big deal. Just rerun grub. Gerry