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bug#40997: [raid] The bootloader can only be installed to a single drive
From: |
Maxim Cournoyer |
Subject: |
bug#40997: [raid] The bootloader can only be installed to a single drive |
Date: |
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 01:19:26 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello,
>
> maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com writes:
>
>> Using Guix System, the bootloader declaration doesn't currently seem to
>> support being installed to multiple drives:
>>
>> (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
>> (bootloader grub-bootloader)
>> (target "/dev/sda")
>> (terminal-outputs '(console))))
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> I suggest to change it so that target can be passed a list like
>>
>> (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
>> (bootloader grub-bootloader)
>> (target '("/dev/sda" "/dev/sdb"))
>> (terminal-outputs '(console))))
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> This is useful when trying to boot a degraded RAID array.
>
> The following patches do exactly this (target becomes the plural
> targets). I tested it on my system, disconnecting the first drive of my
> RAID1 array, and could at least boot to GRUB fine (although full boot
> failed due to https://issues.guix.gnu.org/40999).
>
> Booting a VM using an image generated from the bare-bones.tmpl template
> also worked fine.
Pushed with commit 2ca982ff41270288913ad6b7d5d9e1cad87b06d9.
Closing!
Maxim