From: "David M. Strang" <dstrang@shellpower.net>
To: Ross Vandegrift <ross@jose.lug.udel.edu>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Booting from raid1 -- md: invalid raid superblock magic on sdb1
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:19:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <061e01c5f3ca$942bd0d0$200a11ac@NCNF5131FTH> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20051128031149.GB26118@jose.lug.udel.edu
On Sunday 27 November 2005 22:08:04, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> Well, more generally, it's used when something needs to happen before
> the kernel can mount your root partiton. Sometimes this means DHCPing
> for an IP and mounting an NFS drive, it often means loading kernel
> modules. In your case, it means using mdadm to start the RAID
> devices.
>
> http://www.faqs.org/docs/evms/x3834.html that link is pretty helpful
> information on how to build an initrd manually. It's aimed at people
> using EVMS, but the general lessons it teaches about building the
> image are generally sound.
Thanks! I've used EVMS in the past... I was trying to grow my raid5. It
looks like it would have done the job, except it was going to take a week...
I opted to go the backup, recreate, and restore route.
-- David M. Strang
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-28 3:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-26 16:18 Booting from raid1 -- md: invalid raid superblock magic on sdb1 David M. Strang
[not found] ` <559c115f0605930c434a98c6cfd8fd66@logidac.com>
2005-11-26 17:36 ` David M. Strang
2005-11-26 19:05 ` David M. Strang
2005-11-27 4:36 ` David M. Strang
2005-11-27 19:14 ` David M. Strang
2005-11-27 22:00 ` Neil Brown
2005-11-28 2:11 ` David M. Strang
2005-11-28 2:24 ` Ross Vandegrift
2005-11-28 2:33 ` David M. Strang
2005-11-28 3:11 ` Ross Vandegrift
2005-11-28 3:19 ` David M. Strang [this message]
2006-02-14 4:12 ` Lilo append= , A suggestion Mr. James W. Laferriere
2006-02-14 7:15 ` Neil Brown
2006-02-14 7:17 ` Luca Berra
2005-12-03 14:02 ` Booting from raid1 -- md: invalid raid superblock magic on sdb1 Bill Davidsen
2005-12-03 19:49 ` David M. Strang
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