Re: Problems with new kernel (SW RAID1+LVM)
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 08:43:13AM +0200, Kim Christensen wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I have installed Debian Sarge on an IBM xSeries 306 and am using RAID1
> with LVM on my two disks. However, when recompiling the kernel to
> 2.6.17.9 and using modules for most of the time, I cannot boot into my
> system anymore.
>
> The kernel gives me this at boot:
>
> raid1: raid set md1 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
> madm: /dev/md1 has been started with 2 drives.
> mkdir: cannot create directory '/devfs/raid': Read-only file system
> mount: unknown filesystem 'devfs'
> /dev/mapper/control: mknod failed: No such file or directory
> Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
> /dev/mapper/control: mknod failed: No such file or directory
> Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
> Incompatible libdevmapper 1.01.00-ioctl (2006-01-17)(compat) and kernel driver
>
> 0 logical volume(s) in volume group "raid" now active
> umount: /dev: not mounted
> umount: devfs: not mounted
> mount: unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
> umount: devfs: not mounted
> pivot_root: No such file or directory
> /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>
> Any ideas?
Looks like you still use initrd-tools which will not work for kernel
version >=2.6.17 since it uses devfs which is depricated i think since
2.6 and was now removed.
you can either use initramfs-tools or yaird
yours
Albert
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Albert Dengg <a_d@gmx.at>
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