martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Mau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.07.24.2138 +0100]: >> Assembling RAID array md0...done (already running). > > Mh, why only md0? This is past the initrd stage...
Yes, that's _after_ initrd. My problem is that if I let the initrd assemble all the arrays I get those fake error messages; in this way the system boots perfectly, even if an entire drive is missing. But you know how do these things go... I'd prefer to deliver this server without the need to explain why those messages are shown and what they really mean. And this is a good chance to learn something and maybe to help solving some issue. So I tried to assemble only the root partition in initrd, so that the system could boot: the system booted perfectly when both drives were present and healthy (mdadm-raid assembled correctly all the remaining arrays) and those messages disappeared. But if a drive was missing the result was what I reported. In that very condition, with only 1 drive connected and initrd stage assembling enabled only for /dev/md0, the only message I got in initrd from scripts/local-top/mdadm was: mdadm: /dev/md0 has been started with 1 drive (out of 2) Since this appeared to me just correct, I thought that probably it was not so meaningful; so I restarted the box without "break=mount" and reported the output that followed the initrd (always in the same condition). > [...] > Would it be much trouble for you to repeat the process and run > > sh -x /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid start > > this time, and paste the output in an email to me? No problem until I'll have that box here: I'll do that tomorrow. > [...] > Is this a production machine? The reason I am asking is because it > would be a lot easier for me if you could give me root access, but > of course I understand that's only rarely possible... No, this machine is _not_yet_ in production; I'd like to give you root access, but my ISP puts all of it's customers behind NAT. Let's try without: if we can't solve I'll try to find a way to give you access. Thanks! Mau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
