Re: RAID issue (Fedora 9 issue?)

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Jeffrey Ross wrote:
>
>
> David Greaves wrote:
>>
>>> I have verified the contents of the
>>> /etc/mdadm.conf file that the UUID's are correct
>>>     
>>
>> Which mdadm.conf? The one on /dev/md6?
>> Youy need to check/update the one in the initrd.
>>
>> Shouldn't have changed though unless you did a rebuild or something.
>>   
>
> uh... you nailed it... the mdadm.conf in the initrd (which I didn't 
> realize existed) was out of sync with the /etc/mdadm.conf and had the 
> incorrect UUID numbers.  I had mistakenly updated it installed a 
> kernel update then realized it was wrong corrected it back but didn't 
> rebuild the initrd file.

I suggested that the config in the initrd was wrong in the same post 
which suggested that you ask in linux-raid. In the previous sentence, as 
a matter of fact.

>>> What has changed?  Not 100% sure, I have installed a handful of new
>>> patches recently since the last reboot and unfortunately I don't know
>>> which ones so there are a lot of possibilities.
>>>     
>> OK
>> Kernel patches? Or rpms?
>>   
> The answer is yes to both, but obviously it was due to my (incorrect) 
> tinkering.
>> David
>>
>>   
> Thank you again... its always nice to learn something new about the 
> system.


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