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From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems
Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 11:26:33
Message-Id: 5364D25F.5040004@xunil.at
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems by "J. Roeleveld"
1 Am 03.05.2014 13:19, schrieb J. Roeleveld:
2
3 > Sounds like an issue with the mdadm-raid devices.
4 > Try setting those up WITHOUT systemctl (or init.d-scripts)
5 >
6 > Then checking
7 > - /proc/mdstat
8 > - dmesg
9 > - logging
10 > Any of those might show an error.
11 > Maybe ssh-in from a seperate machine to enable the raid-devices and have the
12 > local machine show a "tail -f" of the logs to see what happens.
13 >
14 >> Maybe -> dracut ... tell it to assemble the arrays via kernel-option ...
15 >> or maybe rebuild the initramfs (not so likely as it should boot with
16 >> older kernels/initramfs then).
17 >
18 > Which mdadm metadata format did you use when creating them?
19 > Only 1 or 2 support auto-detection and kernel-assembly
20
21 "mdadm -A --scan" assembles both arrays correctly from within the
22 emergency mode. Both arrays non-degraded and in sync.
23
24 If I then try to change into the equivalent of runlevel 5, the system
25 waits and waits again ..
26
27
28 >> Yes, lunch .. thanks ;)
29 >
30 > 13:20, late lunch :)
31
32 I am stressed by the fact that my main work machine doesn't work
33 correctly and would prefer to have it fixed first.
34
35 But yes, I should eat now.
36
37 S

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Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>