Error while rebooting server after install with Raid 1 configuration

[primal100]

Hi,

I installed SUSE Linux 10 SP3 and in the pre-installation I used YAST Partitioner to partition both disc 1 and disc 2 into three partitions each of 300mb, 16gb and the remainder of the disc.

I configured each partition with "No format" and "Linux-RAID".

I then setup three RAID-1 configurations on these partitions and mounted them as /boot, swap and /.

I used the reiser file system type for /boot and /.

Installation was successful but after the system rebooted I an error message which ended with:

mount: unknown filesystem type 'linux_raid_member'
umount: /dev: device is busy
umount: /dev: device is busy
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I didn't take down the rest of the message, but the part before these lines suggesterd the error referred to when the system was attempting to mount the 3rd mirror (/root) and the other two mirrors seemed to mount successfully before that.

I think this is a fairly standard partitioning configuration. Any ideas what the problem is? Should I have selected "linux native" instead of "linux-raid" when creating the initial partitions? Do I need a different file system for /boot and / than reiserFS?

I appreciate your help.

[HROAdmin26]

You may want to review Novell's guide.

While I don't know for sure that either of these would case your issue, you:
- Created a separate /boot partition on an MD device
- Possibly didn't install GRUB to both disks (and booting from the wrong one?)

[primal100]

Thanks for that. Well I've read over the documentation relating to partioning and mirroring. Also I planned to install GRUB onto the second disk once Linux booted for the first time, but I didn't get that far. Installing GRUB on the second disc would just mean that if the first hard disk failed, the system can be booted from the second one.