also sprach Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.01.08.2239 +0100]:
Sure, there is a RAID superblock that can be used for such things. However
doing so without a partition type is a little more risky. A common practice
on PC hardware is to change the partition type to prevent the system
also sprach Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.01.08.2236 +0100]:
Where do I find this mdassemble? A grep of Contents-i386.gz gives:
usr/bin/mdassembler devel/monodoc-base
It's not yet packaged but part of the mdadm source package.
mdassemble would
Claus Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Suggestions:
1. Rescue mode needs MD devices
Try grml. I found that much more helpfull in emergencies.
4. Netinstall image should have some packages
I'm not sure on that ... but having grub, a
kernel and a modules package would
martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
also sprach Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.01.07.0456 +0100]:
Well, at the least it should scan for partitions marked as a RAID
and prompt the user whether or not to start the set.
Other than the partition type, there's no way to do this,
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:11:57PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
: 4. Netinstall image should have some packages
:
: I'm not sure on that ... but having grub, a
: kernel and a modules package would have been
: an immense help.
:
: They used to be on there. Are you sure you have
Claus Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:11:57PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
: 4. Netinstall image should have some packages
:
: I'm not sure on that ... but having grub, a
: kernel and a modules package would have been
: an immense help.
:
[Claus Fischer]
9. cdrecord's miserable state is well known
Like the majority of other Linux users, I wonder when
$ burn_my_iso_to_cd iso-file /dev/cdrom
will work as expected.
Hmmm.
$ wodim filename.iso
works for most situations. But:
1) You must be root, or a member of
also sprach Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.01.08.0007 +0100]:
Is there any technical reason why busybox could not have such
functionality? If not I'll file a bug report (and I'll write the
code if I ever have spare time).
Why busybox and not just mdassemble, which is a stripped version
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:07:12AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
It's not always possible on other architectures. What do you do on a
platform
that supports the BSD disk label and has no type number?
Are there any platforms other than i386, AMD64, and IA64 that support the
partition
Russell Coker dijo [Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:07:12AM +1100]:
Other than the partition type, there's no way to do this, and
setting the partition type is not always desirable.
It's not always possible on other architectures. What do you do on a
platform
that supports the BSD disk label
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:26:21AM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote:
:
: [Claus Fischer]
: 9. cdrecord's miserable state is well known
:
: Like the majority of other Linux users, I wonder when
: $ burn_my_iso_to_cd iso-file /dev/cdrom
: will work as expected.
:
: Hmmm.
:
: $
Russel Coker spoke:
: The rescue mode of the installer needs a step
: to activate MD devices. Currently, only the plain
: disk partitions are visible; that's no help.
:
: Sounds like a reasonable request. Filed a bug report?
:
: Note that it has to be an optional measure.
I will,
Alexey Feldgendler wrote:
cp -avx --preserve=all 1/* 2 # rsync will do as well
Of course, 1/* misses any dot-files in 1.
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On Tuesday 09 January 2007 00:36, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Are there any platforms other than i386, AMD64, and IA64 that support the
partition type number?
Not sure. Is there not some magic number associated with different
partition types? I don't mean like you find on
On Monday 08 January 2007 20:57, martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
also sprach Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.01.08.0007 +0100]:
Is there any technical reason why busybox could not have such
functionality? If not I'll file a bug report (and I'll write the
code if I ever have
On Sunday 07 January 2007 14:56, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The rescue mode of the installer needs a step
to activate MD devices. Currently, only the plain
disk partitions are visible; that's no help.
Sounds like a reasonable request. Filed a bug report?
also sprach Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.01.07.0456 +0100]:
Well, at the least it should scan for partitions marked as a RAID
and prompt the user whether or not to start the set.
Other than the partition type, there's no way to do this, and
setting the partition type is not always
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 10:56:33PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:25:31PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
On Saturday 06 January 2007 18:35, Claus Fischer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. Rescue mode needs MD devices
The rescue mode of the installer needs a
#include hallo.h
* martin f krafft [Sun, Jan 07 2007, 12:15:59PM]:
also sprach Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.01.07.0456 +0100]:
Well, at the least it should scan for partitions marked as a RAID
and prompt the user whether or not to start the set.
Other than the partition type,
also sprach Eduard Bloch [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.01.07.1225 +0100]:
Great to know that later but please think about the first user
impression. This script needs to be documented well and/or be in
the path with a sane name so it could easily be found.
Patches welcome. :)
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On Sunday 07 January 2007 22:15, martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
also sprach Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.01.07.0456
+0100]:
Well, at the least it should scan for partitions marked as a RAID
and prompt the user whether or not to start the set.
Other than the
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:35:59 +0100, Claus Fischer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
7. There needs to be a command to copy all data
Between cp, tar, rsync friends there are dozens
of variations how to copy over the files of a
running system to another location, but none is
perfect:
Yo!
Having some rescue tools available in the installer medium is nice, but I
usually prefer to use some full live CD system (Knoppix in my case) for the
more involved rescue operations. (Especially since I usually download the
businesscard ISO to install - and limiting what's being shipped
On Saturday 06 January 2007 18:35, Claus Fischer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. Rescue mode needs MD devices
The rescue mode of the installer needs a step
to activate MD devices. Currently, only the plain
disk partitions are visible; that's no help.
Sounds like a reasonable request.
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:25:31PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
On Saturday 06 January 2007 18:35, Claus Fischer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. Rescue mode needs MD devices
The rescue mode of the installer needs a step
to activate MD devices. Currently, only the plain
disk
Summary:
Various mishaps when recovering a botched software RAID system.
The rescue functionality of the installer should be improved.
After a somewhat nightmarish (yet finally successful)
upgrade of my main workhorse PC to Linux software RAID,
I have decided to make this list of
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