Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:25:45 -0500 | | From | Nick Bowler <> | | Subject | Re: Linux mdadm superblock question. |
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On 23:18 Tue 16 Feb , Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Dienstag 16 Februar 2010, Nick Bowler wrote: > > I put a complete set of recovery tools into my initramfses so that when > > the system is completely fucked up, I have a kernel that is able to boot > > until rdinit=/bin/zsh (or /bin/bb, if you prefer) takes over. > > > > This has the added advantage of working when the root filesystem cannot > > be mounted at all: a scenario which does not seem too far-fetched when > > the filesystem is located on a raid array. > > and what do you do if you have to boot from a cd/usb stick and need to access > the raid? > > Simple with auto assembling. Not so much without.
The same initramfs can be used on a CD or USB stick. If you were referring to using someone else's CD or USB stick, then obviously mdadm will need to be available.
-- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
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