Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:27:15 +0200 | From | "J.A. Magallón" <> | Subject | Re: md device files missing at boot time |
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On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:32:55 +0200, Ingo Freund <linux-kernel-news@e-dict.net> wrote:
> Hi folks, > > one of the systems I'm working with was changed (copied) from single (scsi - sda1) > to multiple disk (raid1) (sdb1,sdc1 --> md0). > When I try to boot from the new created md-device it stops with: > ... > loading reiserfs > "Waiting for device /dev/md0 to appear: ........ not found -- Exiting to /bin/sh > > A > # ls -la /dev/md* > shows nothing, so I understand why the "/" cannot be mounted, but > where are the /dev/md* files (I found them in "/lib/udev/devices")? > > The kernel is vanilla 2.6.21.5, the (I think) needed hardware and filesystem > drivers are built in modules and put into an initrd file for loading at boot time. > > Does anyone have an idea what I might do wrong? >
Stupid question, I suppose... Are you sdb1,sdc1 partitions "Linux RAID _autodetect_" ? All my raids use the md+raid modules builtin, no initrd, so I don't know if you have to force load of md on the initrd, or kernel will autoload if you use root=/dev/md0.
Could you post your dmesg ?
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