From: Andre Tomt <andre@tomt.net>
To: John Mock <kd6pag@qsl.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Mounting /dev/md0 as root in 2.6.0-test7
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 21:12:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1066590757.498.3.camel@slurv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1ABIg9-0003s2-00@penngrove.fdns.net>
On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 20:53, John Mock wrote:
> The basic problem here is that the kernel has no idea what disks comprise
> your RAID when you just say "root=/dev/md0", e.g., it has no idea where to
> start.
The kernel knows it if the array is set up with persistent superblocks,
the partition type of the relevant partitions has id 0xfd (raid
auto-detect), and the md-raid code is compiled into the kernel image.
--
Mvh,
André Tomt
andre@tomt.net
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-19 19:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-19 18:53 Mounting /dev/md0 as root in 2.6.0-test7 John Mock
2003-10-19 19:12 ` Andre Tomt [this message]
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2003-10-19 20:48 John Mock
2003-10-19 16:58 Harold Martin
2003-10-19 18:16 ` Michael Buesch
2003-10-20 8:23 ` Helge Hafting
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