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Duncan wrote: |
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>> I need initramfs to be able to boot from RAID. Same for LVM. |
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> Yes, for LVM, no, for RAID, at least md/mdp kernel RAID. DM based |
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> firmware RAID is different, and not something I'd trust /my/ system to. |
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Is there all that much of a difference between setting up the kernel's |
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softRAID drivers to interface with onboard pseudo-RAID and just setting |
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up softRAID? |
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> I run my root on partitioned mdp kernel RAID without an initramfs, so |
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> it's definitely possible. But I deliberately kept root out of the LVM |
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> since it requires userspace config and therefore an initramfs/initrd. |
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> /home, etc (not /etc), are on lvm, but I can boot the main system for |
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> troubleshooting purposes, without lvm. |
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That's how I have some of my servers set up, too. The only initramfs |
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used is the teeny (empty?) one that comes with the kernel source tree. |
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