On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:19 PM, D. R. Evans <doc.evans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My turn to ask a stupid question, because I'm sure your explanation makes > perfect sense to someone who understands this stuff, but I don't: my previous > experience with installing Linux on RAID was with Ubuntu, for which I didn't > need to mess with any of this. > > Are you saying that between these instructions: > > --- > > Add the dm_mod module to the MODULES list in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf. > Add the mdadm_udev and lvm2 hooks to the HOOKS list in > /etc/mkinitcpio.conf after udev. > > --- > > and the next step: > > --- > > Once it is complete you can safely reboot your machine: > > # reboot > > --- > > there should be some additional step(s)? > >> >> [1] - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio#Image_creation_and_activation > > That seems to say that I should run mkinitcpio, but that step isn't mentioned, > even adumbratively, anywhere on > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_RAID_and_LVM#RAID_installation > > Hopelessly, completely, lost and beginning to despair.... > > Doc > > -- > Web: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR > I myself do not use RAID, so I may be totally wrong, but I pretty sure that you have to create a new initramfs image. Note that, the arch installer automatically generates the image after the configuration is done (the penultimate step of the installer - "Configure System"). I guess that's why it is not explicitly mentioned in the wiki. If you edit your mkinitcpio.conf *without* or *after* running this step, then you have to create a new image on your own. Otherwise, the installer takes care of it. Again, I do not use RAID, but given your problems and the lack of results from the solutions mentioned above, I think this is likely your problem. --Chris Sakalis
