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
> > 
> 
> 
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