Re: booting RAID-1
--- Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com> wrote:
>
> hi ya patrick
>
> try using a 2.4.18 kernel w/ raid0/1 built into the kernel
> instead of modules..
>
> and/or is that initrd referenced in your lilo.conf for "root"
> partition
> in the lilo.conf stanza
> ...
> root=/dev/md0
> initrd=that_one_u_used_from_rescue_partition.gz
>
> c ya
> alvin
>
>
> On Sun, 26 May 2002, Patrick Albuquerque wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been struggling to boot into a RAID-1 (mirroring)
> >
> > o root is hda3, hdc3 as /dev/md0
> > o hda3 & hdc3 have partition type 'fd'
> > o root is Ext3
> > o RAID enabled 2.4.18 kernel
> > o initrd has raid modules (added 'raid1' to
> > /etc/mkinitrd/modules)
> >
> > dmesg says:
> > Journalled Block Device driver loaded
> > md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
> > md: raid1 personality registered as nr 3
> >
> > but boot fails, and I end up in repair mode with hda3 mounted as
> root
> > read-only.
> > I can mount /dev/md0 from a rescue partition ok.
> >
> > Any tips?
> >
> > patrick
> > --
I got it working on a kernel with no initrd or modules, which is
reassuring but not a long-term solution. I'll play with it some more
and try and find what config option I'm missing.
Thanks for your suggestion, Alvin.
patrick.
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