On Sat, April 28, 2007 17:36, Ratiu Petru wrote: > O scosesera, au reintrodus-o anul trecut: > > Sayeth the changelog of mdadm 2.5.3.git200608202239-1 (21 Aug 2006): > > * Instead of trying to do a whole lot of magic with respect to detecting > RAID devices to start, mdadm from now on requires a valid mdadm.conf file > to be installed. It still tries to do what it can, but there are no > heuristics anymore. See /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.upgrading-2.5.3 > > Adevarat, si mie mi se paruse stupida faza, m-am certat cu > maintainerul vreo ora pe irc, dupa care mi-a demonstrat ca are > dreptate :) La mai putin de o luna am patit exact povestea cu pricina, > mi s-au renumerotat md-urile. Trust me, nu e funny cand nu esti langa > ele (eu din fericire eram). > > S-a introdus un extra step la upgrade sau la chroot installs (unde > oricum trebuie sa fii atent la scamatorii cu bootloaderul si > initrd-ul), dar ai mai multa consistenta. > > Petre.
Sounds reasonable to me. Evita un potential singlepoint of failure - desi singura situatie cand o asemenea posibilitate s-ar putea manifesta cred ca este cea cu RAID peste mai multe controllere. Damn PCI / BIOS variations :( -- Andrei Pascal RHCX Romsym Data SRL Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends. _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list RLUG@lists.lug.ro http://lists.lug.ro/mailman/listinfo/rlug
