Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
Robert L Cochran wrote: And the output of `ls /dev/mapper` Charles Crayne wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:09:44 -0500 Raymond C. Rodgers sinful...@gmail.com wrote: From what I've seen, this can be done through initrd/mkinitrd some how, Apparently, I don't understand what you are trying to do. I am running software raid on three i386 machines and one x86_64 machine, and I have never needed any magic. Perhaps if you posted your fstab, and the output of parted -l, I would understand your problem well enough to offer some useful advice. *fstab:* UUID=b601345c-1a2f-464a-ab3d-9a25d528df8d / ext3defaults1 1 UUID=9f0b2cc8-7c0e-49f6-8366-483af19fca89 /boot ext3defaults1 2 tmpfs /dev/shmtmpfs defaults0 0 devpts /dev/ptsdevpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /syssysfs defaults0 0 proc/proc procdefaults0 0 UUID=d4c09963-7244-413b-9d85-26ad476b66d6 swap swapdefaults0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swapswapdefaults0 0 /dev/sdc1/media/primentfs-3gdefaults0 0 /dev/mapper/nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 /media/safehousentfs-3gdefaults0 0 //192.168.0.107/share/media/linkstationcifs users,gid=users,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=07770 0 //192.168.0.107/sharedmedia/media/linkstation_mediacifs users,gid=users,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=07770 0 */dev/mapper before activating dmraid manually:* [r...@localhost etc]# ls -l /dev/mapper/ total 0 crw-rw 1 root root 10, 63 2008-12-16 03:31 control brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 0 2008-12-16 08:31 VolGroup00-LogVol00 brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 1 2008-12-16 03:31 VolGroup00-LogVol01 */dev/mapper after activating dmraid manually (with the command line I've been using since installing F10)* [r...@localhost etc]# dmraid -a yes nvidia_gdedfbbj RAID set nvidia_gdedfbbj was activated RAID set nvidia_gdedfbbjp2 was activated RAID set nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 was activated [r...@localhost etc]# ls -l /dev/mapper/ total 0 crw-rw 1 root root 10, 63 2008-12-16 03:31 control brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 2 2008-12-16 11:16 nvidia_gdedfbbj brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 3 2008-12-16 11:16 nvidia_gdedfbbjp2 brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 4 2008-12-16 11:16 nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 0 2008-12-16 08:31 VolGroup00-LogVol00 brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 1 2008-12-16 03:31 VolGroup00-LogVol01 The goal is to get dmraid activated automatically on boot like it once was, and not need to manually activate it and mount the nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 partition. As you might notice from the fstab, the individual partitions that make up nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 are not listed in the fstab file, yet Fedora is mounting them automatically everytime I boot. From what I learned in the past, that may be related to how the F10 installer saw the machine configured during installation, it decided to build an initrd with them mounted individually. From what I recall from F8 or F9, I had to use mkinitrd with dmraid activated and the nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 device mounted to get it to behave the same way; there was no need to modify /etc/fstab. But I have not been able to duplicate that, nor have I been able to find the instructions that I used previously. Raymond -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: Robert L Cochran wrote: And the output of `ls /dev/mapper` Charles Crayne wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:09:44 -0500 Raymond C. Rodgers sinful...@gmail.com wrote: From what I've seen, this can be done through initrd/mkinitrd some how, Apparently, I don't understand what you are trying to do. I am running software raid on three i386 machines and one x86_64 machine, and I have never needed any magic. Perhaps if you posted your fstab, and the output of parted -l, I would understand your problem well enough to offer some useful advice. *fstab:* UUID=b601345c-1a2f-464a-ab3d-9a25d528df8d / ext3defaults1 1 UUID=9f0b2cc8-7c0e-49f6-8366-483af19fca89 /boot ext3defaults1 2 tmpfs /dev/shmtmpfs defaults0 0 devpts /dev/ptsdevpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /syssysfs defaults0 0 proc/proc proc defaults0 0 UUID=d4c09963-7244-413b-9d85-26ad476b66d6 swap swapdefaults0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swapswap defaults0 0 /dev/sdc1/media/primentfs-3gdefaults0 0 /dev/mapper/nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 /media/safehousentfs-3g defaults0 0 //192.168.0.107/share/media/linkstationcifs users,gid=users,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=07770 0 //192.168.0.107/sharedmedia/media/linkstation_mediacifs users,gid=users,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=07770 0 */dev/mapper before activating dmraid manually:* [r...@localhost etc]# ls -l /dev/mapper/ total 0 crw-rw 1 root root 10, 63 2008-12-16 03:31 control brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 0 2008-12-16 08:31 VolGroup00-LogVol00 brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 1 2008-12-16 03:31 VolGroup00-LogVol01 */dev/mapper after activating dmraid manually (with the command line I've been using since installing F10)* [r...@localhost etc]# dmraid -a yes nvidia_gdedfbbj RAID set nvidia_gdedfbbj was activated RAID set nvidia_gdedfbbjp2 was activated RAID set nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 was activated [r...@localhost etc]# ls -l /dev/mapper/ total 0 crw-rw 1 root root 10, 63 2008-12-16 03:31 control brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 2 2008-12-16 11:16 nvidia_gdedfbbj brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 3 2008-12-16 11:16 nvidia_gdedfbbjp2 brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 4 2008-12-16 11:16 nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 0 2008-12-16 08:31 VolGroup00-LogVol00 brw-rw 1 root disk 253, 1 2008-12-16 03:31 VolGroup00-LogVol01 The goal is to get dmraid activated automatically on boot like it once was, and not need to manually activate it and mount the nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 partition. As you might notice from the fstab, the individual partitions that make up nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 are not listed in the fstab file, yet Fedora is mounting them automatically everytime I boot. From what I learned in the past, that may be related to how the F10 installer saw the machine configured during installation, it decided to build an initrd with them mounted individually. From what I recall from F8 or F9, I had to use mkinitrd with dmraid activated and the nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 device mounted to get it to behave the same way; there was no need to modify /etc/fstab. But I have not been able to duplicate that, nor have I been able to find the instructions that I used previously. Raymond I'm too tired tonight to study this carefully, but tomorrow night I will. I might not have anything helpful to say though. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:25:59 -0500 Raymond C. Rodgers sinful...@gmail.com wrote: The goal is to get dmraid activated automatically on boot like it once was, and not need to manually activate it and mount the nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 partition. With the info you provided, I think that I now understand what you are trying to do. However, in order to understand why it isn't working, I would still like to see the output from parted -l. -- Chuck http://www.pacificsites.com/~ccrayne/charles.html -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: Robert L Cochran wrote: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=526151 I already have it in /etc/fstab, but /dev/mapper/ device isn't getting created at boot, and so F10 just goes on and auto-mounts the individual drives as separate devices instead of jointly as a dmraid device. Raymond No other suggestions? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:05:17 -0500 Raymond C. Rodgers sinful...@gmail.com wrote: No other suggestions? Although I have used software raid for several years now, I am not an expert in the subject. In particular, I have never needed to use mkinitrd, because I do not boot from the raid device. Nor have I used the dmraid program because, on the few occasions where I have had to invervene with the process, I have used mdadm. However, since none of the other responses have been useful, perhaps something in my own experience might help. I do not have any of the raid partitions in my fstab, nor do I have /dev/mapper. What I do have is /dev/md0. The individual partitions have the raid flag turned on in the partition table, and the kernel creates the md0 device, which is then mounted as specified in fstab. -- Chuck http://www.pacificsites.com/~ccrayne/charles.html -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
Charles Crayne wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:05:17 -0500 Raymond C. Rodgers sinful...@gmail.com wrote: No other suggestions? Although I have used software raid for several years now, I am not an expert in the subject. In particular, I have never needed to use mkinitrd, because I do not boot from the raid device. Nor have I used the dmraid program because, on the few occasions where I have had to invervene with the process, I have used mdadm. However, since none of the other responses have been useful, perhaps something in my own experience might help. I do not have any of the raid partitions in my fstab, nor do I have /dev/mapper. What I do have is /dev/md0. The individual partitions have the raid flag turned on in the partition table, and the kernel creates the md0 device, which is then mounted as specified in fstab. The OP wants to automatically partitions. I thought you do that either through autofs or fstab. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
Robert L Cochran wrote: Charles Crayne wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:05:17 -0500 Raymond C. Rodgers sinful...@gmail.com wrote: No other suggestions? Although I have used software raid for several years now, I am not an expert in the subject. In particular, I have never needed to use mkinitrd, because I do not boot from the raid device. Nor have I used the dmraid program because, on the few occasions where I have had to invervene with the process, I have used mdadm. However, since none of the other responses have been useful, perhaps something in my own experience might help. I do not have any of the raid partitions in my fstab, nor do I have /dev/mapper. What I do have is /dev/md0. The individual partitions have the raid flag turned on in the partition table, and the kernel creates the md0 device, which is then mounted as specified in fstab. The OP wants to automatically partitions. I thought you do that either through autofs or fstab. Bob From what I've seen, this can be done through initrd/mkinitrd some how, but I apparently don't know the magic well enough to make it happen. As I already stated, it was working under F8 and F9, with no entries for the /dev/mapper/ device in /etc/fstab , and currently with the appropriate device in fstab, the dmraid functionality is not getting enabled resulting in the individual partition members of the raid getting mounted automatically and magically by F10. Raymond -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:09:44 -0500 Raymond C. Rodgers sinful...@gmail.com wrote: From what I've seen, this can be done through initrd/mkinitrd some how, Apparently, I don't understand what you are trying to do. I am running software raid on three i386 machines and one x86_64 machine, and I have never needed any magic. Perhaps if you posted your fstab, and the output of parted -l, I would understand your problem well enough to offer some useful advice. -- Chuck http://www.pacificsites.com/~ccrayne/charles.html -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
And the output of `ls /dev/mapper` Charles Crayne wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:09:44 -0500 Raymond C. Rodgers sinful...@gmail.com wrote: From what I've seen, this can be done through initrd/mkinitrd some how, Apparently, I don't understand what you are trying to do. I am running software raid on three i386 machines and one x86_64 machine, and I have never needed any magic. Perhaps if you posted your fstab, and the output of parted -l, I would understand your problem well enough to offer some useful advice. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: Under F8 or F9, I had managed to build an initrd image that would automatically mount my non-boot dmraided drives without any effort on my part; this was obviously a while ago, and I'm no expert on mkinitrd. When I installed F10, it wiped out that configuration, and is instead intent upon mounting the individual drives and not initialize dmraid at all. I've been trying to get this fixed for a few days now, but can't seem to come up with an answer. Can any one give me an answer? After unmounting the individual drives, I currently activate the dmraid as root with: dmraid -a yes nvidia_gdedfbbj Then mount the desired partitions. The device mapper device files for the partitions are in my /etc/fstab with an appropriate mounted path, which makes it a simple mount /media/drive command possible once dmraid has been activated. But mkinitrd seems to be where I'm having the problem. I just tried using --force-raid-probe which is listed in the usage notes (mkinitrd -h), but apparently it isn't actually available as a command line option. Would using --with=dmraid work? Thanks, Raymond I hope this was just lost amid the packagekit threads... Any one got an answer for me? Thanks, Raymond This is my second attempt to get the message noticed and possibly get a response. I'd like to note that no puppies, partitions, or disks were harmed in the making of this email, or in the upgrade from F9 to F10. Raymond -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=526151 Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: Under F8 or F9, I had managed to build an initrd image that would automatically mount my non-boot dmraided drives without any effort on my part; this was obviously a while ago, and I'm no expert on mkinitrd. When I installed F10, it wiped out that configuration, and is instead intent upon mounting the individual drives and not initialize dmraid at all. I've been trying to get this fixed for a few days now, but can't seem to come up with an answer. Can any one give me an answer? After unmounting the individual drives, I currently activate the dmraid as root with: dmraid -a yes nvidia_gdedfbbj Then mount the desired partitions. The device mapper device files for the partitions are in my /etc/fstab with an appropriate mounted path, which makes it a simple mount /media/drive command possible once dmraid has been activated. But mkinitrd seems to be where I'm having the problem. I just tried using --force-raid-probe which is listed in the usage notes (mkinitrd -h), but apparently it isn't actually available as a command line option. Would using --with=dmraid work? Thanks, Raymond I hope this was just lost amid the packagekit threads... Any one got an answer for me? Thanks, Raymond This is my second attempt to get the message noticed and possibly get a response. I'd like to note that no puppies, partitions, or disks were harmed in the making of this email, or in the upgrade from F9 to F10. Raymond -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: dmraid mkinitrd under F10 x86_64 (No Puppies Harmed)
Robert L Cochran wrote: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=526151 I already have it in /etc/fstab, but /dev/mapper/ device isn't getting created at boot, and so F10 just goes on and auto-mounts the individual drives as separate devices instead of jointly as a dmraid device. Raymond -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
