[Techtalk] booting Linux software RAID

[Carla Schroder]

hu boy, here's another topic that inspires passions and debates. :) Any 
thoughts on how to boot a RAID box? Here's the two main methods I've 
collected so far:

1. Put your root filesystem and boot directory or partition on a separate 
disk, that is not part of the array. Such as a bootable CD, or an ATA hard 
drive. Then start your RAID array (whether it's ATA, SATA, or SCSI) after 
boot, via init.

2. Put your root filesystem and bootdir/partition on the RAID disks, and 
compile support into the kernel, to start it at boot time.

This is for using Linux's software raid. Thoughts? Experiences? 

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