Software Raid Autodetection Problem
I am having problems with autodetection of a software raid0 array running on
Debian unstable with kernel 2.4.21. The Kernel was compiled with all
necessary support as suggested by the howto (except there no longer seems to
be a specific configuration option for autodetection). Once loaded the array
starts normally with raidstart --all. I used Debian kernel sources and built
the kernel with make-kpkg. Debian kernel sources are set up for initrd and I
have had no luck compiling non-initrd Debian kernels, so the kernel does use
initrd.
Dmesg seems to indicate it is scanning for raid arrays but for some reason is
not finding this particular one. I might add that the partitions concerned
are set up as type fd (Linux Raid) and the array was created with
persistent-superblock in the raidtab. As I would ultimately like to boot
from the software raid I would welcome any assistance in solving this
problem. Incidentally, is it correct that Lilo supports booting only from a
software raid1 and not a software raid0 array?
regards,
Darryl
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