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Re: MD/Software RAID support



[Paul Fleischer]
> The only problem i ran into, was that I had to install the mdadm
> package manually before installing the kernel, in order for the
> mkinitrd script to create a proper initrd image. But that's just a
> question of adding mdadm to the default packages to be installed. Is
> there a way to do this "dynamically", depending on wether any MD
> devices are used?

Yes, just call 'apt-install mdadm' in the postinst script.  This will
queue mdadm for installation at the end of the base-installer step.


> The current mdcfg package only support RAID-1 devices as of now. I
> will release it to the public if it has any interrest (and after I
> have done just a little bit of cleanup).

What about maintaining it as part of the d-i project on alioth?



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