Re: mkinitrd: RAID support requires raidtools2
What do you mean you've installed raidtools2 but are using mdadm? I
believe the problem could be this:
o initrd-tools works on the assumption you're using devfs
o if you're not using devfs, but you are using raidtools2 to manage
your array, then software RAID should still work (I say this based on
an initrd-tools bug report I read)
o if you're not using devfs and you're using mdadm to manage your
array, you're out of luck -- compile your own kernel
It would be nice if Debian would take the opportunity before Sarge
becomes stable to just rid itself of devfs (at least on 2.6 kernels),
than software raid using using standard/modern tools would work fine
with the default kernel.
Of course, my recent experience hassling with this has been on Sarge,
not Woody, so I could be way off.
Richard
--- Alec Berryman <alec@thened.net> wrote:
> I'm trying to do software raid on a fresh install of Woody with a
> 2.4.26 kernel. In order to load the software raid I need to make an
> initrd image, so I installed initrd-tools. However, when I run
> mkinitrd, I get the following message:
>
> # mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.4.26 2.4.26
> /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: RAID support requires raidtools2
>
> I've got raidtools2 installed (even though I am using mdadm). I have
> the module 'md' specified in /etc/mkinitrd/modules. What can I do to
> fix this error?
>
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