1) The checkfs script (/etc/init.d/checkfs) tries to reload these drivers. It appears to be checking for certain userland programs and, if they're there, it attempts to start the RAID and LVM partitions.
2) I've got a RAID0 array with the persistent-superblock enabled--the checkfs script doesn't like this. In fact, it kills the boot up and drops me to single user mode.
I've been able to workaround these issues by removing the offending code from the checkfs script.
The question is this:
Is there a way to disable those functions in such a way that they're not effected by updates?
For example, with the initrd I can edit linuxrc and change the variables from "yes" to "no" for specific things I don't want to run; and visa versa for those I do. This makes it relatively easy to update the initrd after upgrading the kernel as I can simply enable or disable functions by modifying the values of a couple variables.
This isn't the case with checkfs. It searches for the existence of certain userland programs and, if they exist, assumes that certain things are setup and need to be loaded--such as RAID, LVM, and EVMS.
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