On 31 August 2010 01:37, g <gel...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > easy first: > > On 08/30/2010 06:00 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote: > <snip> >> Also, I forgot to mention creating a "noraid" file in your >> /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd/ directory with one line that reads: >> >> DMRAID=no > > created, raid loads.
Did you recreate the relevant initrd for the kernel? > On 08/30/2010 05:12 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote: > <snip> > >> I would suggest that you consider using the boot line parameter >> "nodmraid". > > did, raid loads. Ah, I've just noticed something. Initially your were referring to dmraid -- the device mapper RAID. Latterly you have been referring to the md RAID -- as in "mdadm". They are two separate RAID entities. What I have shown you is how to configure the "mkinitrd" utility so that it creates an initrd without dmraid support and also how to ensure that the system comes up without referencing any dmraid (the "nodmraid" boot parameter). There is also another boot parameter that is closely linked to dmraid and that is "nomapth". You will find that in the immediate block of conditional code prior to the one where you found the reference to "nomdraid". Go back about half a screen in the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file and you will find the section of code where any mdraid is started: [quote] # RAID setup update_boot_stage RCraid [ -x /sbin/nash ] && echo "raidautorun /dev/md0" | nash --quiet 2>/dev/null if [ -f /etc/mdadm.conf ]; then /sbin/mdadm -A -s fi [/quote] This suggests to me that you should ensure there isn't a mdadm.conf file in your /etc/ directory . . . Perhaps that will help? Alan.