On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:27 PM, thveillon.debian < thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Joey L wrote : > > I think i did everything and this is a standard configuration - I did > > not do anything too crazy ! > > Again - all this is software raid --- the /boot is raid1 and the other > > volumes are software raid5 The Raid5 has LVM filesystems. > > > > here is fdisk -l : > > > > thor:/home/mjh# fdisk -l > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 * 1 36 289138+ fd Linux raid > > autodetect > > /dev/sda2 37 60801 488094862+ fd Linux raid > > autodetect > > > [...snip long partitions list] > > > > > > On the mdadm --detail --scan --verbose : > > > > > > thor:/home/mjh# mdadm --detail --scan --verbose > > ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 spares=3 > > UUID=8a435040:c6f27178:02026e74:21deb7ac > > devices=/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc1,/dev/sdd1,/dev/sde1 > > ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid5 num-devices=4 spares=1 > > UUID=f60a4f26:891a29c2:8dbe0712:bd7a69ac > > devices=/dev/sda2,/dev/sdb2,/dev/sdc2,/dev/sdd2,/dev/sde2 > > > > > > Ok, so all partitions are of "fd" type, and you sure have plenty of > spares on the first array ! > > I have to say that even not overtired ;-) I am short of ideas about what > could be going wrong here. > You could check that md-raid* are compiled as modules (m) in the kernel > > egrep -i '(raid|_md_)' /boot/config-2.6.29 > > Check for the initramfs scripts: > > ls /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/ > > you should see at least "mdadm" and "lvm2" > > > Outside of this I don't know. If it boots fine with the old kernel then > superblocks are fine on the arrays members, it must be a difference in > kernel config or initrd. > > Sorry, I can't think of anything else right now, can't you spot anything > else in dmesg a bit more verbose than "failed to assemble all arrays" ? > A controller initialization problem ? > Sorry - never saw your reply - I ran the command and got this: thor:~# egrep -i '(raid|_md_)' /boot/config-2.6.29 CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID=m CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID=m CONFIG_MEGARAID_NEWGEN=y CONFIG_MEGARAID_MM=m CONFIG_MEGARAID_MAILBOX=m CONFIG_MEGARAID_LEGACY=m CONFIG_MEGARAID_SAS=m CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m CONFIG_MD_RAID0=m CONFIG_MD_RAID1=m CONFIG_MD_RAID10=m CONFIG_MD_RAID456=m CONFIG_MD_RAID5_RESHAPE=y CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH=m CONFIG_MD_FAULTY=m and this : thor:~# ls /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/ lvm mdadm mdrun udev_helper Should make lvm part of the kernel ? thanks mjh
