nixCraft

Hi, i've been trying to learn how to set up Linux running on RAID from the start, using Ubuntu Linux. I got the textmode install CD, manually created the RAID then returned to the installer only to see grub install fail.

This is a vmware "computer" with 2 discs. I have it suspended at the install and have been trying to get grub to work. I wanna see this work before i have to do it "on stage".

Booted from install CD, I chroot into the target RAID filesystem, and tried grub-install both on the raid device /dev/md0 and on the individual devices /dev/sdX. To be honest, i've tried any combination looking for a hint at the problem.

The problem is that running grub-install /dev/whatever i get "The file /boot/grub/stage1 did not read correctly". However a quick ls shows the file is there and i am root. At this point i'm lost and i'd like some help.

Thanks.

Is it software or h/w raid? You are using VMWARE or direct box?

Pass --recheck option to probe a device map even

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Hi, thanks for the replies. This is a vmware machine set up with 2 virtual hard drive devices and the raid is software set up with mdadm. This is a learning exercise, so there is no data in danger whatsoever. However, i wouldn't like to give up as it leaves me with little confidence i could set it up on real hardware.

I've tried recheck.