Re: Squeeze assembles one RAID array, at boot but not the other
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:
> 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.
It may be if he chose v0.9 metadata when building the array...
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