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[ILUG] Grub, lilo, RAID1 [was: Suggestions for best 64 bit Linux distro?]

[ILUG] Grub, lilo, RAID1 [was: Suggestions for best 64 bit Linux distro?]

Colm MacCarthaigh colm at stdlib.net
Thu Jun 30 10:14:24 IST 2005


On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 09:01:42AM +0100, Andrew McCarthy wrote:
> How do you mean "lilo is much better at it"? Do you mean grub sometimes
> doesn't work on s/w RAID1, or that lilo's easier to set up?

I find lilo much easier to configure in general, including for 
software raid but I've found that grub isn't as reliable. 

I've never managed to get grub to work properly when only the
second disk from the pair is online. If you google for "grub software
raid" - it's the first problem.

-- 
Colm MacCárthaigh                        Public Key: colm+pgp at stdlib.net



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