Package: release-notes Severity: normal Tags: patch Please include in the squeeze release notes a warning to users of grub-pc (grub2) and mdadm. Patch attached.
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--- issues.dbk.orig 2010-09-04 15:28:33.099962649 +0200 +++ issues.dbk 2010-09-04 15:50:14.693204533 +0200 @@ -57,6 +57,32 @@ </para> </section> +<section id="mdadm-metadata"> +<title>mdadm metadata format change requires recent Grub</title> +<para> +The following only applies to users who want to let the <systemitem +role="package">grub-pc</systemitem> bootloader load the kernel directly off +a <acronym>RAID</acronym> device created with <systemitem +role="package">mdadm</systemitem> 3.x and default values, or when the metadata +version is explicitly set using <literal>-e</literal>. Specifically, this +includes all arrays created during or after the installation of Debian +&releasename;. Arrays created with older mdadm versions, and +<acronym>RAID</acronym>s created with the command-line option <literal>-e +0.9</literal> are not affected. +</para> +<para> +Versions of <systemitem role="package">grub-pc</systemitem> older than +1.98+20100720-1 will not be able to boot directly off +a <acronym>RAID</acronym> with the 1.x metadata formats (the new default is +1.2). To ensure a bootable system, please make sure to use <systemitem +role="package">grub-pc</systemitem> +1.98+20100720-1 or later, which is provided by Debian &releasename;. An +unbootable system may be rescued with <ulink +url="http://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/";>Super Grub2 Disk</ulink> +or <ulink url="http://grml.org";>grml</ulink>. +</para> +</section> + <section id="window-scaling"> <title>Certain network sites cannot be reached by TCP</title> <para>
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