How to : software raid GRUB + RAID In the Software RAID howto it is mentioned that it is not known how
to set up GRUB to boot off RAID. Here is how I did it:
**Follow at your own risk. If you break something it's your fault.**
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Configuration:
- /dev/hda (Pri. Master) 60 GB Seagate HDD (blank)
- /dev/hdc (Sec. Master) 60 GB Seagate HDD (blank)
- /dev/hdd (Sec. Slave) CDROM Drive
Setup Goals:
- /boot as /dev/md0: RAID1 of /dev/hda1 & /dev/hdc1 for redundancy
- / as /dev/md1: RAID1 of /dev/hda2 & /dev/hdc2 for redundancy
- swap*2 with equal priority: /dev/hda3 & /dev/hdc3 for more speed
- GRUB installed in boot records of /dev/hda and /dev/hdc so either
drive can fail but system still boot.
Tools:
- mdadm (http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/)
(I used 1.2.0, but notice that as of 20030729 1.3.0 is available)
1. Boot up off rescue/installation CD/disk/HDD/whatever with mdadmtools installed.2. Partitioning of hard drives:(I won't show you how to do this. See: # man fdisk ; man sfdisk )
But here's how stuff was arranged:
# sfdisk -l /dev/hdaDisk /dev/hda: 7297 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting
from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 0+ 16 17- 136521 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hda2 17 7219 7203 57858097+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hda3 7220 7296 77 618502+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
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To make /dev/hdc the same:
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# sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk /dev/hdc------------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/hd[ac]1 for /dev/md0 for /boot
/dev/hd[ac]2 for /dev/md1 for /
/dev/hd[ac]3 for 2*swap
It is important to make md-to-be partitions with ID 0xFD, not 0x83.3. Set up md devices: (both are RAID1 [mirrors])------------------------------------------------------------------
# mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 \ --raid-devices=2 /dev/hda1 /dev/hdc1# mdadm --create /dev/md1 --level=1 \ --raid-devices=2 /dev/hda2 /dev/hdc2------------------------------------------------------------------
• สร้าง metadevice ด้วยคำสั่ง cd /dev && MAKEDEV md
(หรือทำเอง mknod /dev/md1 b 9 1 )
• กำหนด raid ด้วยคำสั่ง
◦ mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md1 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
◦ mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md5 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda5 /dev/sdb5
◦ mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md6 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda6 /dev/sdb6
รอให้สร้าง raid เสร็จก่อนด้วย คำสั่ง cat /proc/mdstat
หมายเหตุ ถ้ามีการ create แล้วให้ใช้ mdadm --assemble /dev/md1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
4. Make filesystems:------------------------------------------------------------------
# mke2fs /dev/md0# mkreiserfs /dev/md1# mkswap /dev/hda3# mkswap /dev/hdc3------------------------------------------------------------------
5. Install Your distribution:Simply treat /dev/md0 and /dev/md1 as the partitions to install on,
and install the way your normally do.
Here're the relevant entries /etc/fstab for the newly created
partitions:
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/dev/md0 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1
/dev/md1 / reiserfs noatime 1 1
/dev/hda3 none swap sw,pri=1 0 0
/dev/hdc3 none swap sw,pri=1 0 0
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The "pri=1" for each of the swap partitions makes them the same
priority so the kernel does striping and that speeds up vm. Of
course, this means that if a disk dies then the system may crash,
needing a reboot. Perhaps it would be wiser to make hd[ac]3 a RAID1
array too, and just use /dev/md2 as swap.
6. Setting up GRUB: (assuming you've already installed it)------------------------------------------------------------------
# grubgrub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are
embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p
(hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded
Done.
grub> root (hd1,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd
grub> setup (hd1)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd1)"... 16 sectors are
embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd1) (hd1)1+16 p
(hd1,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded
Done.
grub> quit
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Here is how /boot/grub/grub.conf is: (/dev/md0 mounted as /boot)
(Assuming kernel is installed as /boot/bzImage, and RAID1 support
compiled into the kernel).
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# Boot automatically after 30 secs.
timeout 30
# By default, boot the first entry.
default 0
# Fallback to the second entry.
fallback 1
# For booting with disc 0 kernel
title GNU/Linux (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage root=/dev/md1
# For booting with disc 1 kernel, if (hd0,0)/bzImage is unreadable
title GNU/Linux (hd1,0)
kernel (hd1,0)/bzImage root=/dev/md1
http://www.linuxsa.org.au/mailing-list/2003-07/1270.html
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/RAID/Software
http://www.geisterstunde.org/drupal/?q=raid1
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml
