Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:11:03 +0200 (EET) | From | Dimitris Zilaskos <> | Subject | Re: RAID autodetection not working when booting with initramfs |
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> /* > * check if there is an early userspace init. If yes, let it do all > * the work > */ > > So yes, it is by design. Assembling arrays with mdadm gives you a > lot more control than the kernel-autodetect so as you have an > initramfs, it is a good idea to make use of it. > > If you *really* want to use the autodetect functionality, you can look > around for a program called 'raidautorun'. It does triggers the > autodetect function from userspace. >
Thank you , raidautorun did the trick. I am trying to build an initramfs as much generic as possible to be used with hundreds of systems, so doing a custom image for every possible raid combination is really not an options compared to autodetection.
Thnx again,
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