Terry Kemp wrote: > I had a similar problem with existing software raid partions on FC5 > (dual boot FC4) install on SATA drives. > > The default kernel seems to have had the raid fault, wouldn't recognize > the existing raid and creates a duplicate / LABEL. New kernels seem to > be fixed and end up trying to boot into a 'different' / partition, > so... > By changing /etc/fstab /=LABEL=/ (or whatever it was) to /dev/sda2 (or > whatever suits) my problem was resolved. > > HTH > Thanks for trying to help. I'm not sure I understand. I never got RAID to work under FC4. (My familiarity with all the tools and steps involved was slim-to-nonexistant, and I simply did not have the time to experiment with various explanations I saw on the 'net about how to get FC4 to boot from an nVidia-based RAID array.) My system has only one installation on it; it is FC5. The kernel that works is the one that shipped with FC5. I installed it with no problems, and it boots just fine. The new kernel (2.6.16-1.2080_FC5) fails to boot because it can't recognize the raid 0 array that was created as part of the original FC5 install. Are you saying that the kernel that shipped with FC5 is broken (has the raid fault) and the new one, which cannot read my RAID 0 array, is okay? In any case, here is what my /etc/fstab file says. (Note that I have adjusted the white spaces to help with readability.) /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol03 /shared ext3 defaults 1 2 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 I am no expert in file system surgery. Are you suggesting that I need to change LABEL=/boot to something else? (Yeah, I know enough to understand what your reference to sda2 is about, but no, I am not experienced or comfortable enough to be able to say off the top of my head if that is the right device or if it should be sda1 instead. ) FWIW, like you, I have SATA drives in that RAID array. Sorry I forgot to mention that. Thanks very much for your assistance, Debbie P.S. This system is mostly used as a file server. The /home is just what you would expect it to be; the /shared partition is primarily for back ups and file sharing among the Windows machines on my network.
