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From: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com>
To: Mike Garey <random51k@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Can't mount /dev/md0 after stopping a synchronization
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:24:44 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4433FD5C.1050109@steeleye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c79e949d0604050839k2287fefdm53f6abb08dfcae89@mail.gmail.com>

Mike Garey wrote:

> I seem to be getting closer.. If I try booting from a kernel without
> raid1 and md support, but using an initrd with raid1/md modules, then
> I get the "ALERT! /dev/md0 does not exist.  Dropping to a shell!"
> message.  I can't understand why there would be any difference between
> using a kernel with raid1/md support, or using an initrd image with
> raid1/md support, but apparently there is.  If anyone else has any

Autodetection doesn't occur unless md is built into the kernel -- one of 
the reasons why using autodetection is becoming less and less popular. 
You're probably better off assembling the array from your initrd with 
some invocation of mdadm.

--
Paul

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-04-05 17:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-04-05  3:45 Can't mount /dev/md0 after stopping a synchronization Mike Garey
2006-04-05 15:21 ` Troels Bang Jensen
2006-04-05 15:39   ` Mike Garey
2006-04-05 16:20     ` Tuomas Leikola
2006-04-05 16:59       ` Mike Garey
2006-04-07 13:17         ` Tuomas Leikola
2006-04-08 15:45           ` Mike Garey
2006-04-09 20:48             ` Tuomas Leikola
2006-04-05 17:24     ` Paul Clements [this message]
2006-04-06  4:32       ` Mike Garey
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-04-04 19:25 Mike Garey

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