Comments on: Software RAID-5 on GNU/Linux Using mdadm In 6 Easy Steps http://www.felipe1982.com/blog/2010/01/27/software-raid-5-on-gnulinux-using-mdadm-in-6-easy-steps/ blog about computing, philosophy, and life in Australia Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.felipe1982.com/blog/2010/01/27/software-raid-5-on-gnulinux-using-mdadm-in-6-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-925 admin Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:27:42 +0000 http://www.felipe1982.com/blog/?p=519#comment-925 Yes. I have not delved deep enough into what is required to actually boot from this setup. GRUB needs a dedicated non-RAID /boot partition, which holds menu.lst and linux. This is easily provided, but subtracts usable space from the RAID array. GRUB2, from what I have been reading, is more robust than v1, and <i>may likely</i> boot from a RAID partition altogether. What I like about this software RAID setup, is that ANY BSD or GNU/Linux operating system is able to assemble and mount this partition! No need to worry about hardware support, drivers, or anything like that. I have a old 80GB IDE drive storing my `/' and /home partitions. The storage goes on the RAID -- doesn't bother me much! Yes. I have not delved deep enough into what is required to actually boot from this setup. GRUB needs a dedicated non-RAID /boot partition, which holds menu.lst and linux. This is easily provided, but subtracts usable space from the RAID array. GRUB2, from what I have been reading, is more robust than v1, and may likely boot from a RAID partition altogether.
What I like about this software RAID setup, is that ANY BSD or GNU/Linux operating system is able to assemble and mount this partition! No need to worry about hardware support, drivers, or anything like that. I have a old 80GB IDE drive storing my `/’ and /home partitions. The storage goes on the RAID — doesn’t bother me much!

]]> By: Angelo R. http://www.felipe1982.com/blog/2010/01/27/software-raid-5-on-gnulinux-using-mdadm-in-6-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Angelo R. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:22:55 +0000 http://www.felipe1982.com/blog/?p=519#comment-924 This is a great tutorial! Now I have the urge to put together a nice little OpenSUSE box for network storage on raid5 :P However, I have a question: Does this mean that you will need another drive to boot from? This is a great tutorial! Now I have the urge to put together a nice little OpenSUSE box for network storage on raid5 :P

However, I have a question: Does this mean that you will need another drive to boot from?

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