On 12/16/2010 11:42 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 16.12.2010 03:30, schrieb David C. Rankin: >> Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdbp6 ... >> >> Root device '/dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdbp6' doesn't exist. Attempting to create it. >> >> ERROR: Unable to determine major/minor number of root device >> '/dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdbp6' >> >> You are being dropped to a recovery shell >> >> Type 'exit' to try and continue booting >> >> /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off >> >> [ ramfs \ ]# > > You have an almost fully functional system in that ramfs environment. > Look at the output of 'ls -l /dev/mapper' to see if the devices are > indeed missing. > > Look at 'ls -l /dev/sd*' to see if your hard drives even show up. If > they do, try to issue 'dmraid -ay' again and see if the /dev/mapper > devices show up now. > > This might just be a timing problem: dmraid -ay might be called before > /dev/sd* is fully set up and detected - we had these problems in the > past already. The 'sleep' hook put after the udev hook can work around that. > > If it isn't a timing problem, then your hard drives are probably not > detected. The reasons for this can be manifold, but it never hurts to > try if the fallback image shows the same behaviour. > Thank you Thomas, I'll go give it a try and report back. In the mean time, I have updated: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_with_Fake_RAID#Install_GRUB with some additional detail to help people with the install. I just filled in the spots where there were a few gaps in the steps that could leave you scratching your head if you hadn't done it before. Please take a look and make sure it is OK. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
