On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Mitchell Laks <ml...@post.harvard.edu> wrote: > > I have copied over my home directory to a new drive which is a raid 1 > software raid. > I added the corresponding correct information to /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf. > > ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=1 > UUID=69547109-c527-6986-fab9-5ff707241177 > > and i replaced the old drive entry in /etc/fstab with the new information > > /dev/md1 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 > > however the boot from grub fails and drops me into a partial state because > the device > > /dev/md1 > > is not existent. > > I can manually create > > mknod /dev/md1 b 9 1 > and then > mdadm -A /dev/md1 > > and then mount it > > but this is clearly wrong. > > What do I do to enable my system to boot normally with this new > configuration?? > > ie what tells the boot process to create /dev/md1 and assemble the raid?
Rebuild your initrd for the mdadm hook(s) and mdadm.conf to be added to it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxtkltjgazmbfyfxwbfa0tix0bkfnrnkkrg3o9gnoj...@mail.gmail.com
