-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Daniel.
So when I boot the live system I just go apt-get install mdadm? Or is it better to do make-live --include-image mdadmin.deb and do dpkg -i? Cheers, Srdjan Daniel Baumann wrote: > reassign 389821 mdadm > thanks > > srdjan wrote: > > LIVE_PACKAGES="mdadm lvm2" >> Setting up mdadm (2.5.3.git200608202239-6) ... >> dpkg: error processing mdadm (--configure): >> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> mdadm >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > mdadm is know to be broken when installing in a chroot without having > /proc mounted, maintainer should check for /proc in the maintainer > scripts (and don't do anything if /proc isn't there, hence reassigning > to mdadm). > > temporary workaround: install mdadm when you've booted the live system, > then it works. > > and yes, mounting /proc in the chroot is not a solution, because: > > * there are cases where it is not possible to unmount a mounted /proc > in a chroot if certain (unkillable) processes access it. since only > rebooting the whole system helps, we do not mount /proc in the > chroot. > > * mdadm maintainer scripts do read out /proc to scan for raid devices. > if your host system has a raid, you end up with a preconfigured > mdadm in your live-system, which is not (or not always > intentionally) what you want. > > Regards, > Daniel > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFGxXYZtcHxCitRpgRAtvNAJ45/zfiQMYZZtbJeL1ot1FD2MLRJACfbpvk 2C7vbtMm/P2l97lgbr+bKCE= =YVF6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]