Bug#275800: initrd-tools: raidstart fails with devfs=mount
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On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Lupe Christoph wrote:
> When a kernel is booted with devfs=mount, raidstart fails with "no MD
> device file in /dev.".
well i guess it's proably an bug in raidstart?
or is mkinitrd than calling the raidstart with wrong arguments?
i've gone today to abit too much bugreports,
care to tell me which package raidstart is from?
> I have built an initrd with busybox and looked at /dev in the initrd.
> Of course the /dev in the initrd has been obscured by devfs. But there
> is now the /dev/md directory, just like under /devfs/md. I don't
> understand why raidstart can't cope with /dev/md/0.
>
> But I certainly lack understanding of the underlying mechanisms.
>
> BTW, the README.Debian in the devfsd package recommends adding
> defvs=mount to lilo.conf. I did so, and this bugreport is the result.
> I did not want to file a bug against this because I don't really
> understand how this all *should* work together.
anyway poking around with devfsd and devfs is not recommended,
they'll be removed soon.
btw udev is a much nicer toy.
sorry about the late reply but initrd-tools hasn't had too much care
lately as it will also be replaced by initramfs.
--
maks
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