reassign 388172 mdadm forcemerge 386315 388172 stop On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 07:42:09PM -0400, Colin Wetherbee wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.79 > > The mkinitramfs script invokes the mdadm hook in > /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/. The hook, in turn, invokes the mdadm > script called mkconf, located at /usr/share/mdadm/mkconf. > > The mkconf script calls `mdadm -Escpartitions`, which can produce > incorrect results in certain situations. These incorrect results, > incorporated into an initramfs that needs to mount RAID, could cause the > system to not boot. See Debian bug #386315 for more information.
thanks for the notification, but don't submit duplicate bug report. > If you're short on time, scroll down to my addendum to that bug report > from Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:32:31 -0400. It shows the output of `mdadm > -Escpartitions` with two /dev/md0 devices and no /dev/md2 device. that is clearly an mdadm bug, so reassigning and merging. > My work-around was to run mkinitramfs with -k, which tells mkinitramfs > to keep the temporary files. Then, I changed the mdadm.conf in the > temporary directory to the correct configuration and recreated the > initramfs image by following the cpio and gzip steps near the end of the > mkinitramfs script. > > This is certainly not something a novice would be able to do, so I > advise finding an alternative to `mdadm -Escpartitions` soon. sure the mdadm maintainer will work on this. > Colin -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]