Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-07-04 Thread Guus Snijders
2012/7/3 D. R. Evans : > Guus Snijders said the following at 07/03/2012 01:57 PM : > >> In the case of fresh install; would it be an option to start over from >> scratch? > > This was a fresh install. [...] > I am wondering if the problem is something crazy like the fact that the RAID > pair I'm u

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-07-03 Thread D. R. Evans
Guus Snijders said the following at 07/03/2012 01:57 PM : > In the case of fresh install; would it be an option to start over from > scratch? This was a fresh install. My original problem (lack of /dev/md) was due to an ambiguity in the English in the various wiki pages. Once I got past that,

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-07-03 Thread Guus Snijders
2012/7/3 D. R. Evans : > Paul Gideon Dann said the following at 07/03/2012 02:35 AM : >> On Monday 02 Jul 2012 13:42:39 D. R. Evans wrote: >>> I have finally reached the point where the various /dev/md devices mount >>> during the reboot >>> >>> Now I get a large number of error messages of the

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-07-03 Thread D. R. Evans
Paul Gideon Dann said the following at 07/03/2012 02:35 AM : > On Monday 02 Jul 2012 13:42:39 D. R. Evans wrote: >> I have finally reached the point where the various /dev/md devices mount >> during the reboot >> >> Now I get a large number of error messages of the form: >> init: failed to cr

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-07-03 Thread Paul Gideon Dann
On Monday 02 Jul 2012 13:42:39 D. R. Evans wrote: > I have finally reached the point where the various /dev/md devices mount > during the reboot > > Now I get a large number of error messages of the form: > init: failed to create pty - disabling logging for job > and: > could not load /lib

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-07-02 Thread David C. Rankin
On 07/02/2012 02:42 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: I have finally reached the point where the various /dev/md devices mount during the reboot Now I get a large number of error messages of the form: init: failed to create pty - disabling logging for job and: could not load /lib/modules/3.4.4-2-

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-07-02 Thread D. R. Evans
D. R. Evans said the following at 06/20/2012 11:27 AM : > I have carefully followed the RAID instructions at: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_RAID_and_LVM#RAID_installation > > I have not used LVM, just RAID. I have double-checked what I actually did, and > believe that I did exa

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread David C. Rankin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/21/2012 03:57 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: > Chris Sakalis said the following at 06/21/2012 02:39 PM : > >> >> Note that, the arch installer automatically generates the image after >> the configuration is done (the penultimate step of the installer -

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread D. R. Evans
Chris Sakalis said the following at 06/21/2012 02:39 PM : > > Note that, the arch installer automatically generates the image after > the configuration is done (the penultimate step of the installer - > "Configure System"). I guess that's why it is not explicitly mentioned > in the wiki. > > If

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread Chris Sakalis
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:19 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: > > My turn to ask a stupid question, because I'm sure your explanation makes > perfect sense to someone who understands this stuff, but I don't: my previous > experience with installing Linux on RAID was with Ubuntu, for which I didn't > need t

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread D. R. Evans
Chris Sakalis said the following at 06/21/2012 01:57 PM : > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:39 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: >>> >>> Sorry for the stupid question, but do you rebuild the init ram image >>> after changing your mkinitcpio.conf ? >> >> I don't understand the question, so it's not at all stupid.

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread Chris Sakalis
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:39 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: >> >> Sorry for the stupid question, but do you rebuild the init ram image >> after changing your mkinitcpio.conf ? > > I don't understand the question, so it's not at all stupid. I'm just following > the instructions on the wiki. The wiki says

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread D. R. Evans
Chris Sakalis said the following at 06/21/2012 01:15 PM : > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:21 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: >> "Jérôme M. Berger" said the following at 06/21/2012 11:13 AM : >>> D. R. Evans wrote: Paul Gideon Dann said the following at 06/21/2012 03:41 AM : > On Wednesday 20 Jun 2012

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread Chris Sakalis
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:21 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: > "Jérôme M. Berger" said the following at 06/21/2012 11:13 AM : >> D. R. Evans wrote: >>> Paul Gideon Dann said the following at 06/21/2012 03:41 AM : On Wednesday 20 Jun 2012 11:27:54 D. R. Evans wrote: > When I try to reboot, I receiv

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread D. R. Evans
"Jérôme M. Berger" said the following at 06/21/2012 11:13 AM : > D. R. Evans wrote: >> Paul Gideon Dann said the following at 06/21/2012 03:41 AM : >>> On Wednesday 20 Jun 2012 11:27:54 D. R. Evans wrote: When I try to reboot, I receive the error message: ERROR: device /dev/md0 not foun

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread Jason Ryan
On 21/06/12 at 06:13pm, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: > On Thursday 21 Jun 2012 09:44:03 D. R. Evans wrote: > > Extract from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf (sorry about any possible wrapping issue): > > > > MODULES="dm_mod" > > ... > > HOOKS="base udev mdadm_udev lvm2 autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems > > usb

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread Jérôme M. Berger
D. R. Evans wrote: > Paul Gideon Dann said the following at 06/21/2012 03:41 AM : >> On Wednesday 20 Jun 2012 11:27:54 D. R. Evans wrote: >>> When I try to reboot, I receive the error message: >>> ERROR: device /dev/md0 not found >>> ERROR: unable to find root device /dev/md0 >> To me, this sou

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread Paul Gideon Dann
On Thursday 21 Jun 2012 09:44:03 D. R. Evans wrote: > Extract from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf (sorry about any possible wrapping issue): > > MODULES="dm_mod" > ... > HOOKS="base udev mdadm_udev lvm2 autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems > usbinput fsck" I have two RAID setups that work well for me. On

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread D. R. Evans
Paul Gideon Dann said the following at 06/21/2012 03:41 AM : > On Wednesday 20 Jun 2012 11:27:54 D. R. Evans wrote: >> When I try to reboot, I receive the error message: >> ERROR: device /dev/md0 not found >> ERROR: unable to find root device /dev/md0 > > To me, this sounds like the RAID array

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread Paul Gideon Dann
On Wednesday 20 Jun 2012 11:27:54 D. R. Evans wrote: > When I try to reboot, I receive the error message: > ERROR: device /dev/md0 not found > ERROR: unable to find root device /dev/md0 To me, this sounds like the RAID array is being given the wrong name, or the mdadm hook isn't being added t

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-20 Thread D. R. Evans
Jason Ryan said the following at 06/20/2012 04:54 PM : > I encountered this same issue at the start of the year: it is simply a matter > of > completing the installation and chrooting in to install grub to both your > devices: http://jasonwryan.com/blog/2012/02/11/lvm/ > The wiki seems strongly

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-20 Thread D. R. Evans
Damjan said the following at 06/20/2012 04:21 PM : >> # reboot >> >> >> >> When I try to reboot, I receive the error message: >>ERROR: device /dev/md0 not found >>ERROR: unable to find root device /dev/md0 >> >> What do I have to do to get past this error? >> >>Doc >> >> PS I tried

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-20 Thread Jason Ryan
On 20/06/12 at 04:10pm, D. R. Evans wrote: > D. R. Evans said the following at 06/20/2012 11:27 AM : > > I have carefully followed the RAID instructions at: > > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_RAID_and_LVM#RAID_installation > > > > I have not used LVM, just RAID. I have double

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-20 Thread Damjan
# reboot When I try to reboot, I receive the error message: ERROR: device /dev/md0 not found ERROR: unable to find root device /dev/md0 What do I have to do to get past this error? Doc PS I tried to go back to the very beginning and walk through the instructions again, but when

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-20 Thread D. R. Evans
D. R. Evans said the following at 06/20/2012 11:27 AM : > I have carefully followed the RAID instructions at: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_RAID_and_LVM#RAID_installation > > I have not used LVM, just RAID. I have double-checked what I actually did, and > believe that I did exa