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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: Mike Diehl <mdiehl@××××××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find /dev/md3 on new install
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:42:05
Message-Id: 201010080640.52721.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find /dev/md3 on new install by Mike Diehl
1 On Thursday 07 October 2010, Mike Diehl wrote:
2 > On Thursday 07 October 2010 2:17:11 pm Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > On Thursday 07 October 2010, Mike Diehl wrote:
4 > > > Hi all,
5 > > >
6 > > > I'm building a new server, only this time, I'm using RAID1 for the
7 > > > boot, swap, and root partitions. (sda and sdb)
8 > > >
9 > > > I've gottent the install complete, but when I reboot, fsck.ext3 says
10 > > > that can't find /dev/md3, which is my root partition.
11 > > >
12 > > > I "borrowed" a .config file from another server where RAID1 is working,
13 > > > so I know I've got RAID in the kernel. I did the prescribed mknod in
14 > > > /dev/ to create the md device nodes.
15 > > >
16 > > > I also did the mdadm --scan --verbose > /etc/mdadm.conf.
17 > > >
18 > > > What could I be missing?
19 > >
20 > > mdadm changed default superblock version. No autoassembly anymore. You
21 > > need an initrd (grrr).
22 >
23 > I changed the partition type to 0xfd and used meta version .90. This
24 > should have been good enough to avoid needing an initrd... Right?
25 >
26 > I HATE initrd's....
27
28 yeah, that should do the trick.