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>Anyway... it was quite cool to realize the 2.6 kernel handles partitioned |
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>raid, now, and with direct boot-time kernel raid assembly, I could run |
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>root on raid6 without an initrd/initramfs! |
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That is pretty cool that you recognize a partitioned raid at boot. |
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>As I was dreading the |
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>complexity of an initrd solution, I grabbed the opportunity to avoid it |
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>and still have a raid-backed root, when I saw it! |
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The initrd part of setup is easy if you use genkernel. The only issue I |
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had was using an out of kernel driver but that can be handled by the |
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--callback="emerge driver name" and adding the driver to |
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/usr/share/genkernel/x86_64/modules_load |
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You will also need to set lvmraid=[raid device] real_root=[lvm device] |
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on your kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst |
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> So, no root on LVM here! |
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The reason for lvm root is that you can resize the root partition. It |
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is also trivial to setup a secondary rescue root partition in case you |
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mess up your system. |
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Edward |
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