On 30 August 2010 18:12, Alan Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 30 August 2010 12:45, g <[email protected]> wrote:
>> running sl 5.4. >> >> i have never used raid drives and i am not using raid, so i want to stop >> dm-* modules and associated files from loading at boot. > I would suggest that you consider using the boot line parameter "nodmraid". > > To see what that parameter does, check the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file > and look at the block of code that begins with the test: > > "if ! strstr "$cmdline" nodmraid && [ -x /sbin/dmraid.static ]; then" Also, I forgot to mention creating a "noraid" file in your /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd/ directory with one line that reads: DMRAID=no Alan.
