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On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:48:38 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On the mdadm list one comment came up which was to make sure |
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> my mdadm.conf file was up to date and then include it in the initramfs |
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> image so that if for some reason the machine doesn't boot I have all |
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> the info required to start the RAIDs by hand. I thought that was a good |
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> comment. |
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That is a good idea. |
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> One other question came up. So I build the kernel, and the kernel build |
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> creates the initramfs image and embeds it in the kernel. Is there a tool |
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> that would allow me to query the embedded image prior to booting |
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> so that I can check that everything is in there that I think should be |
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> in there? |
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Yes. I had to do this once when I corrupted or deleted my init.sh and |
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needed to retrieve it from the kernel. I don't remember the details, but |
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I do recall it involved one of the scripts in the kernel source |
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directory and the use of Google - although not in that order :) |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"I am a Cub Ranger. We dib dib dib for the One. We dob dob dob for the |
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One." |
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