On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 17:11 +1000, Steve Granger wrote: > Hi David, > > Removing mdadm is okay, no hotplug devices use it and it only required > if you have a software RAID device/setup. > > >From the bug report that you posted, this is a new "feature" that gets > you to make sure the mdadm.conf file is the same as the out of a mdadm > scan. This causes the failure of your initrd creation as initrd builds > depend on mdadm being happy (because you can include modules related to > mdadm to be built into your initrd to bring up hardware devices before > mdadm tries to create md devices) before they are built. >
yes... I removed, but then re-installed because of all the nasty warnings I was getting. I'm not entirely sure where I'm at now - not quite game to re-boot just yet. Nothing is simple :( > -- > Steve > > (sorry, just hit reply before thinking.. must be from my intense three > day session on "forgetting all about work") :-} > > david wrote: > > I'm getting error messages about mdadm. There are suggestions that this > > can be removed if not using RAID (I don't). [1] > > > > Are there any other issues with removing it? EG: hotplug devices like > > USB storage devices etc. Google isn't really making this clear. > > > > thanks... > > > > David > > > > > > p[1] > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/98911 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
