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Re: Squeeze assembles one RAID array, at boot but not the other



Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:
>> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:

>>> Any ideas where to look?  Or how to work around the problem?

>> What type are those partitions for your RAID inside the GPT? They should
>> look like this (output from gdisk -l):
>>
>> Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
>>    1            2048      5860533134   2.7 TiB     FD00  primary
>>
>> Note the Code "FD00" which stands for "Linux RAID".
>>
>> I guess (using my magic crystal ball) that your type/code is 8300 and
>> thus the initrd/kernel won't assemble the RAID.

> "FD00" only matters when using v0.9 metadata. Squeeze defaults to v1.x
> (1.2 IIRC), which isn't auto-assembled by the kernel.

Good to know. 

Nevertheless I consider it a good idea to mark partitions correctly as
to not confuse tools or oneself.

Unfortunately not the right solution for Hendrik.

Grüße,
Sven

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Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.


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