fedora-list Digest, Vol 6, Issue 329

[Stewart Nelson]

>> I have an FC2 system with six SATA drives, configured as
>> three software RAID-1 pairs.  Unfortunately, the /boot partition
>> (and MBR, etc.) is non-RAID, so the system cannot boot if the
>> drive containing /boot has failed.  How can I configure redundant
>> boot?
>> <snip>
>> 1. Could you please recommend a reliable and reasonably priced SATA
>>    controller with hardware RAID-1 capability, BIOS boot code and a
>>    compatible Linux driver? or,

> 3ware cards (http://www.3ware.com) are pretty good. Not sure how you 
> define "reasonably priced" though so they may be too expensive for your 
> liking.

Many thanks for the replies.  I was able to build /boot and /boot2 with
two grubs, but unable to get the BIOS to load from the second when the
first was down (other than by manually changing the boot drive).

Real hardware RAID, such as 3ware, costs more than I would like.
I found some interesting cards from HighPoint.
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/sataraid.htm
They come with open-source drivers for linux, and claim that their
BIOS code will do redundant boot. Anyone have any experience with
these "RocketRAID" boards?

Thanks,

Stewart