From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266692AbUGLDg4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:36:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266702AbUGLDg4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:36:56 -0400 Received: from 142.13.111.219.st.bbexcite.jp ([219.111.13.142]:37564 "EHLO tiger.gg3.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266692AbUGLDgy (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:36:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:36:50 +0900 From: Georgi Georgiev To: LKML Subject: Re: partitionable md devices and partition detection Message-ID: <20040712033647.GA20240@lion.gg3.net> References: <20040707045939.GA20516@ols-dell.iic.hokudai.ac.jp> <16619.35060.821865.570842@cse.unsw.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > So the fact that it works for me is a freak accident? > > I have this in lilo.conf: > > append="md=d0,/dev/sda,/dev/sdb root=/dev/md_d0p1 " > > and this is dmesg: > > md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. > md: autorun ... > md: ... autorun DONE. > md: Loading md_d0: /dev/sda > md: bind > md: bind > raid1: raid set md_d0 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors > md_d0: p1 p2 p3 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 > > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. I guess my problem (and not only mine it seems) is here: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. md: autorun ... md: ... autorun DONE. md: Loading md_d0: /dev/hda md: bind md: bind raid1: raid set md_d0 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors md_d0: unknown partition table Why the unknown partition table? It does work fine once I complete booting. This is with 2.6.7. Don't pay attention to the hda,sda -- I was using vmware for the tests. Sorry if I break the thread, but I had trouble finding the proper message to reply to. -- | Georgi Georgiev | When you have eliminated the impossible, | | chutz@gg3.net | whatever remains, however improbable, must | | +81(90)6266-1163 | be the truth. -- Sherlock Holmes, "The | | ------------------- | Sign of Four" |