Re: software mirroring of boot drive

["Daryl Daly" <daryld norco com>]

Grunloh, Robert said:

> I suspect the partitions are mirrored but grub isn't properly installed
> on the second drive's MBR or isn't aware of it. However I can't seem to
> unmirror them to work on the problem, since they're in use, not that I'm
> good with grub anyway. -- I must be missing something obvious.
>

I have couple of systems setup the same way. This is how I got the boot
loader installed into the MBR of the second drive:
run 'grub' to get into grub's shell
type 'root(hd1,0)' to tell grub that the files it needs are in the first
partition (0) of the second hard drive (hd1). Make sure you use the
correct drive and partition for your setup.
type 'setup(hd1)' to install boot loader in the MBR of the second disk.

In the grub shell you can use <TAB> to get grub to show you the options it
things you can use. example: after typing 'root(' press <TAB> and grub
will show the drives that are available

Be very careful when doing this. Make sure you have a backup of anything
important!

Daryl.

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