On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 04:01:31PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 29.07.2008, 15:50 +0200 schrieb martin f krafft: > > also sprach Felix Zielcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.07.29.1541 +0200]: > > > There are hopefully not many people who use the normal linux > > > software raid to get there fake hardwarwe raid controllers to > > > work. > > > > One should hope dmraid never existed or will soon cease to exist. > > Hm probable it wouldn't be a much differnet if you use dmraid or mdadm > on the real sdN and hdN devices. > The problem in this case is, dmraid created dm-N devices which map to > the sdN and hdN devices (I have them too and I wonde why, I think there > just the same as my sdN) and then he used mdadm with the dm-N devices. > But if he wanted to use md raid instead of dmraid then he should have > used the real sdN and hdN devices. > But we have now the problem how to detect this and get GRUB working with > it. > It's a problem for us, if you use md raid on the dm-N devices. > md raid on real sdN and hdN is working fine.
If this problem is uncommon or only affects users with a deprecated setup, let's not worry about it. GRUB 2 handles this in a completely different way, so our effort is most likely not going to pay back. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
