> miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) writes: > > > In article <cistron.20000609051505.A30783@debian.org>, > > BugScan reporter <debian-devel@lists.debian.org, bugscan@debian.org> wrote: > > >Package: sysvinit (debian/main) > > >Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> > > >[HELP] Need fix. (RB) > > > 61227 Kernel panic/filesystem corruption if swapping started while software RAID resyncing > > >[FIX] Patch included (MS, Apr 9) > > > > I uploaded a fixed version to incoming last weekend. However this issue > > is not relevant to normal Debian systems - I understand it's only an > > issue for people running the experimental RAID 0.90 and then only the > > ones that have their swap on a RAID array. > > Having swap on a RAID array is a well-documented, explicitly-forbidden > practice that is just a quick-and-easy way to fsck yourself. There was a discussions on this on linux-raid. There are ways to do it on RAID1. You are still at big risk to shoot yourself in the arse with a bazooka but if set properly it will work. > > Of course, there I go again, thinking people might read docs...:-( > > > So it's up to the release manager to decide if this should go into > > potato, or that the bug should be downgraded to 'wishlist'. > > Personally, I believe this to be a non-bug, but if it is considered a > bug, it should certainly be against the kernel, not sysvinit, and it > should definitely be 'wishlist'. Agree. In order to be userfriendly it requires wrappers around all raid utils, and swapon. And unless there is someone to write these it is a wishlist ;-) > > Mike. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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