>Anyway... it was quite cool to realize the 2.6 kernel handles partitioned >raid, now, and with direct boot-time kernel raid assembly, I could run >root on raid6 without an initrd/initramfs! That is pretty cool that you recognize a partitioned raid at boot.
>As I was dreading the >complexity of an initrd solution, I grabbed the opportunity to avoid it >and still have a raid-backed root, when I saw it! The initrd part of setup is easy if you use genkernel. The only issue I had was using an out of kernel driver but that can be handled by the --callback="emerge driver name" and adding the driver to /usr/share/genkernel/x86_64/modules_load You will also need to set lvmraid=[raid device] real_root=[lvm device] on your kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst > So, no root on LVM here! The reason for lvm root is that you can resize the root partition. It is also trivial to setup a secondary rescue root partition in case you mess up your system. Edward -- [email protected] mailing list
