From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dylan Distasio Subject: Re: Question on md126 / md127 issues Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 18:15:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20110528073602.128cebc0@notabene.brown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20110528073602.128cebc0@notabene.brown> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Thanks, Neil. I think running mkinitrd was probably the only thing required for a fix after reading your response. I had an older array on the same box that was completely removed, but maybe something was leftover in initrd. My detailed understanding of the initrd process is fairly limited. I didn't realize there was a separate mdadm.conf that was used when booting that is separate from the one in /etc. > Running mkinitrd when you have boot problems is always a good idea. =A0= Maybe > that was all it took to fix your problem ?? > > >> >> I had to run the above commands, and then make sure I ran >> update-initramfs -v -u for it to stick after reboot. >> >> My issue is solved, but I would like to understand what the root cau= se >> is, and why the above solution worked. =A0Can someone elaborate on w= hat >> super-minor is? =A0This is a home system and I had backups so I was >> comfortable trying the above, but I don't typically like running >> commands on faith I don't understand fully, especially in Linux. >> >> Can anyone shed some light on this? =A0I can provide further OS and >> array details if necessary, but it sounds like this issue has occurr= ed >> for others in the past. > > Now that the problem is fixed it is very hard to figure out what was = happening > before. =A0My best guess is that someone was wrong with mdadm.conf in= the > initrd, but I don't know what. > > NeilBrown > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html