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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root on raid 1 = no boot
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:38:38
Message-Id: 200808282138.31438.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] root on raid 1 = no boot by Xav'
1 On Donnerstag, 28. August 2008, Xav' wrote:
2 > Le Thursday 28 August 2008 20:45:15 Volker Armin Hemmann, vous avez écrit :
3 > > On Donnerstag, 28. August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote:
4 > > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:41:04 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
5 > > > > From the stuff I read it
6 > > > > should work - but I always get a root not found panic
7 > > >
8 > > > Root device or root fs?
9 > >
10 > > it doesn't find /dev/md1 (unknown block device) and panics. And yes, I
11 > > created md0,1,2,3 with mknod in /dev
12 >
13 > Did you create the nodes with de /dev partition unmounted ? I think you
14 > have to check this... because when the kernel boot up, the /dev partition
15 > is unmounted :)
16
17 yes I did.
18 I copied root to a spare disk first and booted from it.