I run CentOS 6.4. I have SSD 300GB for system files and RAID10 8TB for storage + backup.
SSD system drive is partitioned as follows: fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 300.1 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc95ec64f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 66 524288 83 Linux (/boot)
/dev/sdb2 66 8421 67108864 83 Linux (/)
/dev/sdb3 8421 12598 33554432 83 Linux (/usr)
/dev/sdb4 12598 36482 191847576 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 12598 16775 33554432 83 Linux (/var)
/dev/sdb6 16775 18864 16777216 83 Linux (/tmp)
/dev/sdb7 18864 35574 134217728 82 Linux swap / Solaris
RAID10 8TB (GPT) is partitioned as follows: parted /dev/sda print
Model: ASR7805 RAID 10 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 7999GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 8389kB 7399GB 7399GB primary (LUKS)
2 7399GB 7400GB 510MB ext4 primary boot (/boot)
3 7400GB 7468GB 68.7GB ext4 / (/)
4 7468GB 7503GB 34.4GB ext4 /usr (/usr)
5 7503GB 7537GB 34.4GB ext4 /var (/var)
6 7537GB 7554GB 17.2GB ext3 /tmp (/tmp)
7 7554GB 7692GB 137GB linux-swap(v1) primary (swap)
8 7692GB 7992GB 300GB primary (LUKS)
All I wanted is just to use 300GB of space on my /dev/sda (RAID10) for creating an identical image (backup) of my SSD in case of sudden failure. As you could see above, I have partitioned my RAID10 is just absolutely identical way as my current system SSD. Afterwards, I have created exact images of each partition that I have on my current SSD and extracted them to my RAID10 using dump/restore
commands.
All is fully copied and set on my RAID10 just the same way as on my current SSD.
I have obviously edited my backed up fstab
(on RAID10 /etc/fstab) using proper UUID for mounting on load.
BUT
Whatever I do I cannot properly load the system, as I restart and choose to load from RAID10. The system just doesn't boot (underscore is continually blinking)!?
I have tried to copy first 446
bite of boot sector (dd if=/tmp/mbrsdb.bak of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1)
from my SSD's MBR to my RAID10's MBR but it didn't work?
Now, as I'm all out of any other options, I would like to ask for your help?
bios_grub
that GRUB would use upon setup. It's clearly explained here, for those who's interested in more details: sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-Partitioning-EN-The-new-GPT-disk-layout