Separating /boot from the rest of the System

Question

I have a theoretical system configuration question; If I build my system on a software RAID1 but put /boot on a USB.. could there be problems if the RAID becomes dirty? The setup would be as follows:

USB ----------->  /boot

RAID1
 sda
 sdb --> md0 -->  /
 sdc

My question is; if any of the drives fail, would I still be able to boot if the RAID is in a dirty status?

You can also install the system on USB and use the raid as data partition — djdomi, Sep 14 '21 at 17:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '21 at 12:46

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No problem at all, that I know of... but you can try by yourself disconnecting one drive (and then re-sync-ing it again later...) and see if it boots...(it should...)

answered Sep 14 '21 at 12:46

ciampix

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Only if it's not raid0 – djdomi Sep 14 '21 at 17:03
he said it's RAID1... – ciampix Sep 15 '21 at 19:50

Separating /boot from the rest of the System

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