On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 06:19:28PM +0200, Alexander Achenbach wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.75
next time your report a bug, use reportbug as it provides usefull info. > Hi, > > the backwards-compatible support for mdadm in 'mkinitramfs' creates an > incomplete '/conf/mdadm.conf' file for an initrd. this file is unused, it was only left per accident. thanks for the reminder to remove it. > It uses 'mdadm --examin --scan', which in newer versions of mdadm (eg > 2.4.1-5bpo1, ie from backports.org, but I strongly assume that this > as very similar for the official testing version) won't create any > 'DEV' lines, therefore an initrd later won't find the RAID disks > when trying to scan for them. looks like mdadm needs a newer backport, as latest has much better support. > Adding 'DEV partitions' to the 'mdadm.conf' file fixes this, so pre- > pending this in the 'mdadm.conf' generation in 'mkinitramfs' would help. nack, we can't rely on mdadm.conf in sarge. check #383908 for the solution that will be implemented for sarge compatibility. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
