Bug#762984: initramfs-tools: Alert! /dev/vg0/usr does not exist

[Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de>]

* Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@pipin.home.lxtec.de> [2014-09-27 22:14 +0200]:

> On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:05:07 +0100 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:

[...]

> > Is / on RAID and/or LVM?  I suspect we may not correctly handle some
> > cases where /usr requires a RAID or VG that / does not.
> 
> ######
> System 1:
> /dev/mapper/vg0-burn     /burn
> /dev/mapper/vg0-home     /home
> /dev/mapper/vg0-root     /
> /dev/mapper/vg0-source   /source
> /dev/mapper/vg0-tmp      /tmp
> /dev/mapper/vg0-usr      /usr
> /dev/mapper/vg0-var      /var
> /dev/mapper/vg0-working  /working
> /dev/md5                 /boot
> 
> where the volume group resides on a RAID1
> /dev/md5 is a RAID1 as well
> Alert! /dev/vg0/usr does not exist

Workaround:
cat /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/vgscan

#!/bin/sh
vgchange -ay


> ######
> System 2:
> /dev/md5   /boot
> /dev/md6   /
> /dev/md7   /usr
> /dev/md8   /var
> /dev/md9   /tmp
> /dev/md10  /burn
> /dev/md11  /source
> /dev/md12  /working
> 
> where all partitions are configured as RAID1
> Alert! /dev/md5 does not exist

Must be: Alert! /dev/md7 does not exist

Workaround:
cat /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/mdadm-assemble

#!/bin/sh
mdadm --assemble --scan /dev/md7


Elimar
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