Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Mounting /dev/md0 as root in 2.6.0-test7 | From | Andre Tomt <> | Date | Sun, 19 Oct 2003 21:12:37 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 20:53, John Mock wrote: > The basic problem here is that the kernel has no idea what disks comprise > your RAID when you just say "root=/dev/md0", e.g., it has no idea where to > start.
The kernel knows it if the array is set up with persistent superblocks, the partition type of the relevant partitions has id 0xfd (raid auto-detect), and the md-raid code is compiled into the kernel image.
-- Mvh, André Tomt andre@tomt.net
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