Re: MD subsystem is not loaded
Stan Hoeppner wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 5/15/2010 9:50 AM: Trouble is that years ago when I started compiling my own kernel, I did not start a file with 3 columns: date - function - reason for adding, so now I have a kernel that keeps getting bigger and I don't know specifically why the entries are there, other than in general, like the ones above. This is one of the reasons I still use menuconfig. Most options have a help description available that can remind you why you are or aren't using a given kernel option. I also use (only) menuconfig, but in this case it was not that helpful: the 'help' items were minimal and not very 'help'ful ;-) Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hsuehm$7i...@dough.gmane.org
Re: MD subsystem is not loaded
also sprach Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com [2010.05.14.1603 +0200]: How does one load the MD subsystem? You use it. Unless you use it, you don't need mdadm installed. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems we did rate the microsoft security researcher as less-bad than the people who prepare the carcasses for dissection in biology laboratories. -- michael moyer, executive editor of _popular science_ digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: MD subsystem is not loaded
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, When I install a kernel I get MD subsystem is not loaded as a warning: ... snip See that is exactly the trouble with rolling ur own kernel. I never set RAID options. Which? Good question. So I made an educated guess (what?) and set: h...@debian:/hda10/backup.files$ diff .config.2.6.33.4-nodebian .config.2.6.33.4-RAID-nodebian 3,4c3,4 # Linux kernel version: 2.6.33.4-hvw # Thu May 13 13:24:07 2010 --- # Linux kernel version: 2.6.33.4 # Fri May 14 13:32:21 2010 920c920 # CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS is not set --- CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS=m 1095c1095,1117 # CONFIG_MD is not set --- CONFIG_MD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=m CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m CONFIG_MD_RAID0=m CONFIG_MD_RAID1=m CONFIG_MD_RAID10=m CONFIG_MD_RAID456=m CONFIG_MD_RAID6_PQ=m # CONFIG_ASYNC_RAID6_TEST is not set CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH=m CONFIG_MD_FAULTY=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=m # CONFIG_DM_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_DM_CRYPT=m CONFIG_DM_SNAPSHOT=m CONFIG_DM_MIRROR=m CONFIG_DM_LOG_USERSPACE=m CONFIG_DM_ZERO=m CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH=m CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_QL=m CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_ST=m CONFIG_DM_DELAY=m CONFIG_DM_UEVENT=y 2413a2436,2441 CONFIG_XOR_BLOCKS=m CONFIG_ASYNC_CORE=m CONFIG_ASYNC_MEMCPY=m CONFIG_ASYNC_XOR=m CONFIG_ASYNC_PQ=m CONFIG_ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV=m h...@debian:/hda10/backup.files$ We'll see if the MD subsystem gets loaded. And why are there no google hits for this? Who knows. After changing my kernel with the above, the MD subsystem loads because now I get: Assembling MD arrays...done (no arrays found in config file or automatically). So it depends on one or more of those kernel configs, at least in 2.6.33.4. Trouble is that years ago when I started compiling my own kernel, I did not start a file with 3 columns: date - function - reason for adding, so now I have a kernel that keeps getting bigger and I don't know specifically why the entries are there, other than in general, like the ones above. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hsmcb2$e4...@dough.gmane.org
Re: MD subsystem is not loaded
Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 5/15/2010 9:50 AM: Trouble is that years ago when I started compiling my own kernel, I did not start a file with 3 columns: date - function - reason for adding, so now I have a kernel that keeps getting bigger and I don't know specifically why the entries are there, other than in general, like the ones above. This is one of the reasons I still use menuconfig. Most options have a help description available that can remind you why you are or aren't using a given kernel option. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bef644b.4030...@hardwarefreak.com
MD subsystem is not loaded
Hi, When I install a kernel I get MD subsystem is not loaded as a warning: ... /usr/srcThu May 13-13:50:50SDB6# dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw_1_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw. (Reading database ... 133008 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw (from linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw_1_i386.deb) ... Examining /etc/kernel/preinst.d/Done. Setting up linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw (1) ... Running depmod. Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays. W: mkconf: MD subsystem is not loaded, thus I cannot scan for arrays. W: mdadm: failed to auto-generate temporary mdadm.conf file. W: mdadm: no configuration file available. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils Running postinst hook script update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grubSearching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/defaultTesting for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.4-hvw Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-hvw Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done ... Googling that I get zip, more or less. How does one load the MD subsystem? I have mdadm: h...@debian:~$ dpkg -l mdadm Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescription +++-==-==- ii mdadm 3.1.1-1tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID) Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hsjl89$ci...@dough.gmane.org
Re: MD subsystem is not loaded
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, When I install a kernel I get MD subsystem is not loaded as a warning: ... snip See that is exactly the trouble with rolling ur own kernel. I never set RAID options. Which? Good question. So I made an educated guess (what?) and set: h...@debian:/hda10/backup.files$ diff .config.2.6.33.4-nodebian .config.2.6.33.4-RAID-nodebian 3,4c3,4 # Linux kernel version: 2.6.33.4-hvw # Thu May 13 13:24:07 2010 --- # Linux kernel version: 2.6.33.4 # Fri May 14 13:32:21 2010 920c920 # CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS is not set --- CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS=m 1095c1095,1117 # CONFIG_MD is not set --- CONFIG_MD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=m CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m CONFIG_MD_RAID0=m CONFIG_MD_RAID1=m CONFIG_MD_RAID10=m CONFIG_MD_RAID456=m CONFIG_MD_RAID6_PQ=m # CONFIG_ASYNC_RAID6_TEST is not set CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH=m CONFIG_MD_FAULTY=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=m # CONFIG_DM_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_DM_CRYPT=m CONFIG_DM_SNAPSHOT=m CONFIG_DM_MIRROR=m CONFIG_DM_LOG_USERSPACE=m CONFIG_DM_ZERO=m CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH=m CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_QL=m CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_ST=m CONFIG_DM_DELAY=m CONFIG_DM_UEVENT=y 2413a2436,2441 CONFIG_XOR_BLOCKS=m CONFIG_ASYNC_CORE=m CONFIG_ASYNC_MEMCPY=m CONFIG_ASYNC_XOR=m CONFIG_ASYNC_PQ=m CONFIG_ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV=m h...@debian:/hda10/backup.files$ We'll see if the MD subsystem gets loaded. And why are there no google hits for this? Who knows. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hsk747$ki...@dough.gmane.org
