Package: mdadm
Version: 2.5.3.git200608202239-2
Severity: normal
While upgrading to this version, I got a debconf message:
The array you have specified (/dev/md3) is not listed in the
configuration file /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf. Therefore it cannot be
started during boot, unless you correct the configuration file and
recreate the initial ramdisk.
Please refer to /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.upgrading-2.5.3.gz if
you intend to continue.
Proceed with starting arrays not listed in mdadm.conf?
Firstly, it's not clear where I specified this... I now see (upon manual
inspection of the debconf-show output, which reportbug somehow failed to
obtain) that I at some point apparently had entered it (I can't recall
this, BTW). Here's the debconf-show output:
$ debconf-show mdadm
debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open
/var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
* mdadm/autostart: false
mdadm/autocheck: true
* mdadm/warning:
mdadm/mail_to: root
mdadm/initrdstart: /dev/md3
mdadm/start_daemon: true
I have all my md components tagged as linux raid-autodetect, and hence
they're started automagically by the kernel (my self-compiled kernel of
course) at boottime.
Perhaps the /proc/cmdline info could be queried? Mine contains:
root=/dev/md3 ro vga=6
No hint of an initrd there.
Anyway: I answered "No" to the question.
Additionally the further output is a bit confusing:
W: unable to determine MD arrays needed for boot.
W: falling back to starting all of them...
Starting MD monitoring service: mdadm --monitor.
Assembling MD arrays...done (disabled in /etc/default/mdadm).
As the assembling is disabled, why first say you're going to assemble...
and then say "done".
Thanks,
Paul Slootman
-- Package-specific info:
--- mount output
/dev/md3 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/md1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg0- [deleted]
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)
--- mdadm.conf
DEVICE partitions
MAILADDR root
--- /proc/mdstat:
Personalities : [raid1] [raid5] [raid4]
md1 : active raid1 sdc1[2] sdb1[1] sda1[0]
248896 blocks [3/3] [UUU]
md2 : active raid5 sdc2[2] sdb2[1] sda2[0]
3919616 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU]
md3 : active raid5 sdc3[2] sdb3[1] sda3[0]
5879552 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU]
md4 : active raid5 sdc4[2] sdb4[1] sda4[0]
614839552 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 0 [3/3] [UUU]
unused devices: <none>
--- /proc/partitions:
major minor #blocks name
8 0 312571224 sda
8 1 248976 sda1
8 2 1959930 sda2
8 3 2939895 sda3
8 4 307419840 sda4
8 16 312571224 sdb
8 17 248976 sdb1
8 18 1959930 sdb2
8 19 2939895 sdb3
8 20 307419840 sdb4
8 32 312571224 sdc
8 33 248976 sdc1
8 34 1959930 sdc2
8 35 2939895 sdc3
8 36 307419840 sdc4
9 4 614839552 md4
9 3 5879552 md3
9 2 3919616 md2
9 1 248896 md1
253 0 4194304 dm-0
253 1 6291456 dm-1
253 2 33554432 dm-2
253 3 83886080 dm-3
253 4 104857600 dm-4
253 5 125829120 dm-5
253 6 52428800 dm-6
253 7 5242880 dm-7
253 8 72351744 dm-8
253 9 5242880 dm-9
253 10 52428800 dm-10
253 11 120954880 dm-11
8 64 1004800 sde
8 65 2009478 sde1
--- initrd.img-2.6.17-rc5:
--- /proc/modules:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (625, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-rc5
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to C)
Versions of packages mdadm depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.6-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.1-8 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii makedev 2.3.1-81 creates device files in /dev
Versions of packages mdadm recommends:
ii exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-tran 4.62-1 exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended
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