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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Raid system fails to boot after moving from 2.6 kernel to 3.5
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:05:57
Message-Id: CAEH5T2N-_DDntJvc4r=nj-0btG06UBwAfFUc0J0gXQfSWPzJ_Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Raid system fails to boot after moving from 2.6 kernel to 3.5 by Pau Peris
1 On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Pau Peris <sibok1981@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 >
5 > i'm running GNU/Gentoo Linux with a custom compiled kernel and i've just
6 > migrated from a 2.6 kernel to a 3.5.
7 >
8 >
9 > As my HD's are on raid 0 mode i use a custom initrd file in order to be able
10 > to boot. While kernel 2.6 is able to boot without problems the new 3.5
11 > compiled kernel fails to boot complaining about "no block devices found".
12 > After taking a look at initrd.cpio contained scripts i can see the failure
13 > message is given by mdadm tool.
14 >
15 >
16 > Does anyone has a clue about that? Thansk in advanced. :)
17
18 There is a bug with certain versions of mdadm failing to assemble
19 arrays, maybe you using one of the affected versions.
20 see https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416081

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Re: [gentoo-user] Raid system fails to boot after moving from 2.6 kernel to 3.5 Pau Peris <sibok1981@×××××.com>