Bug#534470: Using mdadm 2.6.7.2 to assemble a raid array created with mdadm 1.9.0 will corrupt it making mdadm 1.9.0 to crash when trying to reassemble

Dear Neil, I am sorry for insisting: It is NOT ONLY a problem for people migrating to newer kernel then going back to an old kernel. It is a problem for people that SIMPLY BOOT A CDROM with a newer distribution/kernel on an older distribution/kernel (which was my case). I did not want to

Bug#534470: Using mdadm 2.6.7.2 to assemble a raid array created with mdadm 1.9.0 will corrupt it making mdadm 1.9.0 to crash when trying to reassemble

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:13:36 +1300 martin f krafft madd...@debian.org wrote: also sprach RUSSOTTO François-Xavier 200103 francois-xavier.russo...@cea.fr [2009.12.02.0407 +1300]: As I suggested to Neil: prior to auto-remount a raid array, the raid tool should perform a version checking so

Bug#534470: Using mdadm 2.6.7.2 to assemble a raid array created with mdadm 1.9.0 will corrupt it making mdadm 1.9.0 to crash when trying to reassemble

tags 534470 = wontfix upstream summary 534470 13 thanks also sprach Neil Brown ne...@suse.de [2010.01.28.1328 +1300]: I don't think so. We really want old arrays to work smoothly on new kernels. To avoid a repartition of the original problem we would need not just a message, but an option not

Bug#534470: Using mdadm 2.6.7.2 to assemble a raid array created with mdadm 1.9.0 will corrupt it making mdadm 1.9.0 to crash when trying to reassemble

severity 534470 wishlist retitle 534470 mdadm should check version to ensure not to corrupt an old array tags 534470 confirmed help upstream thanks also sprach RUSSOTTO François-Xavier 200103 francois-xavier.russo...@cea.fr [2009.12.02.0407 +1300]: As I suggested to Neil: prior to auto-remount

Bug#534470: Using mdadm 2.6.7.2 to assemble a raid array created with mdadm 1.9.0 will corrupt it making mdadm 1.9.0 to crash when trying to reassemble

I am not expecting that a lenny install cdrom will work without issue on a sarge system but, at least, I am expecting that such a cdrom will not corrupt the sarge system without prompting. As I mentioned, when I booted the lenny cdrom, it did auto-remount the raid array of my sarge system

Bug#534470: Using mdadm 2.6.7.2 to assemble a raid array created with mdadm 1.9.0 will corrupt it making mdadm 1.9.0 to crash when trying to reassemble

severity 534470 important thanks This one time, at band camp, RUSSOTTO François-Xavier 200103 said: After booting a Debian 5.0.1 - Lenny install cdrom in rescue mode (debian-501-ia64-netinst.iso) on an Itanium 2 server with Debian 3.1 - Sarge (ia64) installed on a software raid 5 root

Bug#534470: Using mdadm 2.6.7.2 to assemble a raid array created with mdadm 1.9.0 will corrupt it making mdadm 1.9.0 to crash when trying to reassemble

On Wednesday June 24, francois-xavier.russo...@cea.fr wrote: Package: mdadm Version: 2.6.7.2 Severity: critical After booting a Debian 5.0.1 - Lenny install cdrom in rescue mode (debian-501-ia64-netinst.iso) on an Itanium 2 server with Debian 3.1 - Sarge (ia64) installed on a software raid

Bug#534470: Using mdadm 2.6.7.2 to assemble a raid array created with mdadm 1.9.0 will corrupt it making mdadm 1.9.0 to crash when trying to reassemble

Package: mdadm Version: 2.6.7.2 Severity: critical After booting a Debian 5.0.1 - Lenny install cdrom in rescue mode (debian-501-ia64-netinst.iso) on an Itanium 2 server with Debian 3.1 - Sarge (ia64) installed on a software raid 5 root partition, opening a console in the root partition