Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting - SOLVED !

2005-07-13 Thread Jarry
Richard Fish wrote: > Glad you got it working. If the kernel config is truly the same, > then I suspect you got an updated version of baselayout or udev > that fixed it. Yes, you are right. Baselayout which is on 2005.0 install-cd must have some bug, which I eliminated during network-install by

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting - SOLVED !

2005-07-13 Thread Richard Fish
And this will teach me to scan all messages in a thread before I start replying!!! Glad you got it working. If the kernel config is truly the same, then I suspect you got an updated version of baselayout or udev that fixed it. -Richard Jarry wrote: > >> In the meantime I'm trying to update my

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-13 Thread Richard Fish
Jarry wrote: >> In the maintenance mode, does /sys/block/md0/* exist? What does "cat >> /proc/mdstat" report? > > Actually, if the kernel autodetection runs at boot time, /proc/mdstat should show the devices regardless of whether the device nodes exist or notso something is a bit strange wit

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-13 Thread Richard Fish
Mike Williams wrote: >On Wednesday 13 July 2005 15:09, Jarry wrote: > > >>It seems (or at least it is discussed there) that this (udev does not >>create /dev/md* at startup) is some kernel-bug! If some of our kernel >>developers is watching this list, could he confirm or refuse it? >>Can I someh

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting - SOLVED !

2005-07-13 Thread Jarry
In the meantime I'm trying to update my system to 2.6.12-r4 (up to now I used 2.6.11-r3 from 2005.0 universal installation cd)... Actually, I did not updated the system, but installed once more. This time as a "network installation", with latest portage and stage1 downloaded from some mirror-s

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-13 Thread Mike Williams
On Wednesday 13 July 2005 15:09, Jarry wrote: > It seems (or at least it is discussed there) that this (udev does not > create /dev/md* at startup) is some kernel-bug! If some of our kernel > developers is watching this list, could he confirm or refuse it? > Can I somehow get rid of udev, when it i

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-13 Thread Jarry
Richard Fish wrote: In short, if you don't really know what initramfs is, you are probably not using it! So I am not sure why you are having this problem. Neither am I. I already installed a couple of servers with full raid1 using various distros (RedHat, Caldera, Debian), now I'm trying Gento

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-12 Thread Richard Fish
Jarry wrote: > Richard Fish wrote: > > > Just an FYI, the md driver does not create sysfs entries and thus udev > > does not create device nodes if autodetection is not performed by the > > driver. Autodetection is not performed if either: > > > > 1. The md driver is a module (not a problem accor

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-12 Thread Jarry
A. Khattri wrote: Some motherboards claim to have RAID built-in but really it is software RAID in the BIOS. OK, now I understand. I call it "pseudo-hw-raid". It still depends on software driver and cpu. Linux's software RAID is usually better though. I agree. And that is what I'm trying to

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-12 Thread Richard Fish
A. Khattri wrote: >On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Jarry wrote: > > > >>Pardon for my ignorance, but what do you mean with "Linux raid-1 rather >>than the software raid"??? Is it not the same? Or do you mean some >>hw-raid? >> >> > >Some motherboards claim to have RAID built-in but really it is softwar

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-12 Thread A. Khattri
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Jarry wrote: > Pardon for my ignorance, but what do you mean with "Linux raid-1 rather > than the software raid"??? Is it not the same? Or do you mean some > hw-raid? Some motherboards claim to have RAID built-in but really it is software RAID in the BIOS. Linux's software RA

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-12 Thread Jarry
Kurt Guenther wrote: I did a similar setup, but I used Linux raid-1 rather then the software raid. Pardon for my ignorance, but what do you mean with "Linux raid-1 rather than the software raid"??? Is it not the same? Or do you mean some hw-raid? BTW, I'm already on the track of my problem: Af

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-12 Thread Kurt Guenther
I did a similar setup, but I used Linux raid-1 rather then the software raid. If I remember right, I tried the software raid, but I think you made it further then I did. I couldn't get the software raid working under the live CD. Sorry, no help other then to recommend Linux raid instead of the

[gentoo-user] problem with raid1: error while booting

2005-07-12 Thread Jarry
Hi, I'm trying to install gentoo on a small server in full sw-raid1 setup, using info in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml I have a similar setup with /boot / and swap on md. After creating md's I continued with installation using info in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbo