That's not very helpful if the damn thing won't come up even in single user mode. ;) I could use the rescue mode from the CD, but I'd rather everything work right w/o having to do that.
On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 04:15, Thomas Backlund wrote: > From: "Wes Kurdziolek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 22:43, Bruno Prior wrote: > > > > Basically I've got a ASUS A7V133 RAID m/b with 1G ram, althon 1500XP > and > > > > two 40G > > > > 7200rpm disks. One disk on the main controller, the other on the > > > > onboard promise controller. > > > > > > > > Booted mandrake 9.0 disk #1, partitioned as follows: > > > > > > > > /dev/hda1 256M - /boot [ext2] > > > > /dev/hda2 24G - added to md0 > > > > /dev/hda3 1G swap > > > > /dev/hds4 reat - addes to md1 > > > > > > > > /dev/hde1 256M - /tmp [reiserfs] > > > > /dev/hde2 24G - added to md0 > > > > /dev/hde3 1G swap > > > > /dev/hde4 reat - addes to md1 > > > > > > > > md0 is mode 0 / > > > > md1 is mode 1 /home > > > > > > > > Installed mandrake, went fine, rebooted, failed ! > > > > <Snip incredibly long instructions> > > > > When I did an MDK 9.0 install that resembled this (ext3 /boot, RAID-0 /, > > /usr, /usr/local, /var/, and /tmp -- yes, performance is critical), the > > system failed to come up after rebooting b/c the raid0 module was not > > included in the initrd and/or not loaded by the initrd's linuxrc script > > therefore / couldn't be mounted. I believe this is a simple fix that > > involves checking to see if / is a software RAID volume, including the > > correct module in the initrd, and loading it in the initrd's linuxrc. I > > will submit a patch if someone can tell me if this is part of mdkinst or > > mkinitrd that is broken. > > > > Have you tried to recreate the initrd: > mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img 2.4.19-16mdk > (according to docs, it should be able to recognize all needed modules) > > if not... > > mkinitrd --with=raid0 /boot/initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img 2.4.19-16mdk > > dont forget to rerun lilo after you have made the new initrd, > or it won't be mapped correctly... > > Thomas > > > > > *** Tämä viesti on VirusTarkistettu INRITEL OY:n postipalvelimella!! *** >
