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http://forums.fedoraforum.org – Apologies if this has already been covered; if it has I couldn't find it. First and foremost, this question does NOT pertain to a dual-boot system. I wish to set up a F16 system which uses GPT partitioning and needs a bios boot partition. I have two identical HDD's that will be set up as RAID 1 using software RAID. If I create a bios boot partition on both drives, will the boot loader info be installed on both? My BIOS will allow booting from several (more than 3) devices. I'm thinking (hoping) that if a drive fails, and if there's a bios boot part on both drives, AND since the drives we (HowTos)

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Submitted by xiooo on 05/23/2012 – Made popular on 05/23/2012

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