Package: mdadm Version: 1.9.0-2.3 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system
After moving to the latest version of mdadm, and kernel 2.6.11-1-k7 (2.6.11-5), I was unable to reboot my system. I was able to fix this problem by changing the symbols I use to represent my RAID arrays. There's been a problem with mdadm for some time. Although I used the symbols "/dev/md[1-3]" in my /etc/fstab and in /etc/lilo.conf and in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf to configure my RAID arrays, the command in /boot/initrd.img-<version>/script uses the format "mdadm -A /dev/md/[1-3]" instead. After the move to the latest mdadm, kernel , and initrd-tools (0.80.0) I attempted to reboot and could not do so. The md/3 device would not start, reiserfs couldn't pass the check, and the system hangs until I intervene. Once I figured out that the /dev/md3 was not starting at all (and that reiserfs was reporting, incorrectly, a superblock problem) I was able to start this device manually. Howver, and this seems to be the crux of the problem, I can't use "mdadm --assemble /dev/md/3" to start the array if I use the notation "/dev/md3" in the mdadm.conf file. After some further fiddling around, I decided to change lilo.conf, mdadm.conf, and fstab to all use the form "/dev/md/[1-3]". When I made this change, I was able to reboot without any problems. So... this seems to be an error in how mdadm configuration works, a mismatch between the command that generates the "mdadm -A" command that goes into the system startup and the contents of the conf file. What changed in the most recent version of mdadm isn't clear to me, but I have my work-around. What's suprising is that even after I've changed the mdadm.conf file to read /dev/md/[1-3], the command "mdadm --examine" still produces output in the form /dev/md[1-3]. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages mdadm depends on: ii debconf 1.4.49 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii makedev 2.3.1-78 creates device files in /dev -- debconf information: * mdadm/autostart: true * mdadm/warning: * mdadm/start_daemon: true * mdadm/mail_to: moshe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
