Bug#257865: initrd-tools: assembles raid using mdadm with devfs device names even when there's no devfs

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

severity 257865 minor
thanks

* Andreas Kroschel <kro@pobox.com> [2004-07-06 14:05]:
> instead of /dev/md0, even when there is no devfs installed. This renders
> a system without devfs unbootable, if / is on a raid and the raid
> modules are loaded from the initrd.

initrd-tools is made to work with Debian kernels which have a specific
configuration.  In this case, Debian kernels have devfs built-in and
there are no intentions of supporting something else.  Apparently, lvm
won't work at all without devfs.

So either use a Debian kernel and initrd-tools will work for you, or
don't use an initrd at all when you use custom kernels.
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com