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MD subsystem is not loaded



Hi,


When I install a kernel I get "MD subsystem is not loaded" as a warning:

...
/usr/srcThu May 13-13:50:50SDB6# dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw_1_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw.
(Reading database ... 133008 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw (from linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw_1_i386.deb) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/preinst.d/Done.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.33.4-hvw (1) ...
Running depmod.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs
W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
W: mkconf: MD subsystem is not loaded, thus I cannot scan for arrays.
W: mdadm: failed to auto-generate temporary mdadm.conf file.
W: mdadm: no configuration file available.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils
Running postinst hook script update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
found: /boot/grubSearching for default file ...
found: /boot/grub/defaultTesting for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ...
found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.4-hvw
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-hvw
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
...


Googling that I get zip, more or less.

How does one load the MD subsystem?

I have mdadm:
hugo@debian:~$ dpkg -l mdadm
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                   Version                Description
+++-======================-======================-============================================================
ii mdadm 3.1.1-1 tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)

Hugo


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