On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > On Mon, 28 May 2012 06:59:26 -0400, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Dan B. <d...@kempt.net> wrote: >>> >>> I think I want to move /boot to the RAID1 array I originally intended >>> for it (so that booting into GRUB2 depends only on the /boot RAID1 >>> array, and not also on the integrity of my LVM volumes). >>> >>> >>> After I copy/move /boot to the RAID1 array, >>> 1. how do I tell GRUB2 to look in the new place? and 2. how do I see >>> the setting in the bios_grub partition (or wherever) >>> to try to confirm that I got things right before I reboot and hope >>> GRUB2 and my system boot back up? >> >> It should be straightforward. Move "/boot" to a separate array, mount >> it, add it to "/etc/fstab", run "grub-install /dev/sdX and "grub-install >> /dev/sdY" where these two disks correspond to the raid components, run >> "update-grub", and check that the UUID on the "set root ..." line in >> "/boot/grub/grub.cfg" corresponds to the UUID of your new "/boot". >> >> (You can also check that the raid and lvm modules are loaded and that >> the "root ..." argument points to the "/" lvm.) > > I've had no luck whatsoever with wheezy putting /boot on LVM on RAID. > the new wheezy kernel seems to be too big for the usual boot tools. Make > sure you have a spare /boot elsewhere, just in case you end up needing it > if your new one fails.
I've just downloaded the latest wheezy weekly and done an lvm-over-raid install without a separate "/boot" in a VMWare VM: ~# fdisk -l /dev/sd{a,b} Disk /dev/sda: 6442 MB, 6442450944 bytes 32 heads, 16 sectors/track, 24576 cylinders, total 12582912 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0007bb7e Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 12580863 6289408 fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/sdb: 6442 MB, 6442450944 bytes 32 heads, 16 sectors/track, 24576 cylinders, total 12582912 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00086257 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 2048 12580863 6289408 fd Linux raid autodetect ~# ~# ~# ~# ~# mdadm --detail /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 1.2 Creation Time : Tue Nov 13 01:06:10 2012 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 6285248 (5.99 GiB 6.44 GB) Used Dev Size : 6285248 (5.99 GiB 6.44 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Tue Nov 13 01:34:41 2012 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Name : localhost:0 (local to host localhost) UUID : 94566063:7a6df36f:57bb0a39:7fce5b64 Events : 19 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 ~# ~# ~# ~# ~# pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/md0 sys-vg lvm2 a-- 5.99g 0 ~# ~# ~# ~# ~# vgs VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree sys-vg 1 2 0 wz--n- 5.99g 0 ~# ~# ~# ~# ~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert root-lv sys-vg -wi-ao-- 5.27g swap-lv sys-vg -wi-ao-- 740.00m ~# ~# ~# ~# ~# findmnt TARGET SOURCE FSTYPE OPTIONS / /dev/mapper/sys--vg-root--lv ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=or ├─/sys sysfs sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime ├─/proc proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime ├─/dev udev devtmpfs rw,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=98153,mode=755 │ └─/dev/pts devpts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 ├─/run tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=79056k,mode=755 │ ├─/run/lock tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k │ └─/run/shm tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=158100k └─/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw,relatime ~# ~# ~# ~# ~# swapon -s Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/mapper/sys--vg-swap--lv partition 757756 0 -1 ~# ~# ~# ~# ~# grub-install -v grub-install (GRUB) 1.99-23 ~# -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=swjdwvvxguo4l9us56az42an10z08bsjwfxvto3_29...@mail.gmail.com