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  From: <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  To  : Graham Smith <linuxsalist@sonicresolutions.com>
  Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:47:40 +1030 (CST)

Re: /boot/grub/stage2 file changes magically.. very weird! (LONGpost!)

Graham Smith <linuxsalist@sonicresolutions.com> wrote:
> Behold, the differences between the two files I captured in their different
> states and the two mirrored drives are identical.  I think we have found the
> source of the problem.. an out of sync array.  So now theoretically, if I
> force the raid array to do a resync, I might find my problem is solved

You've got two copies of the file, one good and one bad, as well as the
file itself.  If the differences are nothing more than that one file
then it'd be faster to "cp good-copy /boot/grub/stage2".  However I don't
think your problems are solved.  I think whatever you're using to mirror
the drives is buggy, or perhaps your hardware is faulty, and so you have
a continuing problem.  In brief: what you're using is unreliable.  Next
time (and there will be a next time) you probably will not be so lucky.

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