On Thursday 15 March 2018 16:34:26 Bill Shirley wrote:
Run: grub2-install /dev/sda grub2-install /dev/sdb
Now, you can boot from either drive.
Bill
Hi Bill, Thanks for this. However, when I try this I get:
[root@lou ~]# grub2-install /dev/sda /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory [root@lou ~]#
A quick google shows gives the indication that this is for MBR systems where mine is UEFI.
A slower google hasn't given me instructions on how to do this on a UEFI system in a way that I can understand.
Can anyone give the equivelant to Bill's commands above.
To review the situation. I have sda which I boot from. I have a brand new sdb which I use for RAID1. Should sda fail at some point I want to be able to unplug sda, and be able to boot from (what is currently) sdb.
this is what the two drives both look like at the moment,
[root@lou ~]# parted GNU Parted 3.1 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print Model: ATA ST3000DM001-1CH1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 3001GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 53.5MB 52.4MB fat16 EFI System Partition boot 2 53.5MB 2837GB 2837GB raid 3 2837GB 2942GB 105GB raid 4 2942GB 2994GB 52.5GB ext4 raid 5 2994GB 3001GB 6296MB raid 6 3001GB 3001GB 1049kB bios_grub
(parted)