From 14924733556ef4a6f3d5fbf5f5265ea6816f6605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:02:40 +0000
Subject: Warn about boot issues when using RAID on the root file system

---
 en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'en')

diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml
index bfe16931d..e1ebb161a 100644
--- a/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml
+++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml
@@ -155,12 +155,24 @@ settings</guimenu> menu where you should select <menuchoice>
 <guimenu>Use as:</guimenu> <guimenuitem>physical volume for
 RAID</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.)
 
-</para><warning><para>
+</para><note><para>
+
+Make sure that the system can be booted with the partitioning scheme
+you are planning. In general it will be necessary to create a separate
+file system for <filename>/boot</filename> when using RAID for the root
+(<filename>/</filename>) file system.
+Most boot loaders <phrase arch="x86">(including lilo and grub)</phrase>
+do support mirrored (not striped!) RAID1, so using for example RAID5 for
+<filename>/</filename> and RAID1 for <filename>/boot</filename> can be
+an option.
+
+</para></note>
+<warning><para>
 
 Support for MD is a relatively new addition to the installer.
 You may experience problems for some RAID levels and in combination
 with some bootloaders if you try to use MD for the root
-(<filename>/</filename>) filesystem. For experienced users, it may be
+(<filename>/</filename>) file system. For experienced users, it may be
 possible to work around some of these problems by executing some
 configuration or installation steps manually from a shell.
 
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