I had similar problems switching to kernel 2.6. I had to install devfsd for me to be able to get the /dev mappings (and disable mount /dev automatically in the kernel)
Hope it helps, Vaidhy On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 07:45, Clement wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I tried many things and just cannot fix this, after upgrading to > kernel-image-2.6.6-1-686, the Debian machine does not recognize /dev/md0 > anymore. > > Before, using kernel-image-2.4.25-1-386, the machine works well and will > mount these automatically: > > /dev/md0 to /boot > /dev/md1 to / > > After upgrading to 2.6.6, during the boot process, it reports 'invalid > superblock' on /dev/md0. I can continue without mounting /dev/md0 to > /boot. But /dev/md0 continues to disappear: > > # cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [raid1] > md1 : active raid1 hda2[0] hdc2[1] > 4883648 blocks [2/2] [UU] > > The /dev/md0 is not corrupted yet. In kernel 2.6.6, I can still get it by > > # mdadm -A /dev/md0 /dev/hda1 /dev/hdc1 > mdadm: /dev/md0 has been started with 2 drives. > # mount /dev/md0 /boot > # cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [raid1] > md0 : active raid1 hda1[0] hdc1[1] > 80192 blocks [2/2] [UU] > > md1 : active raid1 hda2[0] hdc2[1] > 4883648 blocks [2/2] [UU] > > > Or I can boot into 2.4.25 and everything is fine. Mounting /boot on > boot is not a necessity. But losing /dev/md0 for no reason is a major > concern with 2.6.6. Do you know the reason and/or a fix? Waiting to > hear from you. > > The machine is a testing machine w Intel Celeron 366, 96MB RAM and > 2x160GB ATA drives attached to /dev/hda and /dev/hdc for a RAID 1 > configuration. Sarge is installed fresh from the installation CD > downloaded from debian.org. Additional modules installed are mdadm, hdparm. > > Regards, > Clement > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
