Re: "Failed to assemble all arrays" during initramfs

2010-04-03 Thread J R
Hi mdadm error messages could be misleading. First you should check if array is correctly assembled (/proc/mdstat). If so I think some filesystem/device mapper/lvm/crypto modules are missing from your initramfs. Do you encrypt your array or use lvm? -- J

"Failed to assemble all arrays" during initramfs

2010-04-02 Thread David Andel
Hi I've gor the problem that mdadm does not assemble my arrays during initramfs time. However, when booting with Knoppix I can assemble all my arrays with mdadm-startall without problem. During initramfs I get: (initramfs) mdadm -A /dev/md1 /dev/sd[ab]5 md: md1 stopped. ... mdadm: /dev/md1 has b