RAID1 boot question

["A. Gent" <archiver db geocrawler com>]

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First, thank you for everyone who sent me suggestions regarding 'multiple IDE cards'.

I've installed RedHat 6.1 as root raid1 on two hard disks (hda and hdc). 
Each has separate /boot </boot2> partition and separate <swap> partitions, the rest of the hard 
disks act as root raid device.

This way any changes to the system and data files are being mirrored.

The question: how to make bootable the second drive (hdc) in case the first drive (hda) fails 
and I want to reboot the system from the second drive?

After installation I copied /boot to /boot2, this way they are identical.

How can I make the second drive bootable (from the /boot2 partition) and preferably making it 
able to recognize if it is booting up 'alone' <with the faulty hda> or as a "master" raid device 
<with a new blank replacement hard disk, with proper partitions, ready to be remirrored>?

Thank you.

Art  




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