David Abrahams <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > David Abrahams <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> "big_spender12" <big_spender12@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>>> >>> BusyBox v1.01 (Debian 1:1.01-4ubuntu3) Built-in shell (ash) >>> < snip..> >>> >>> Hi Dave, >>> >>> Looks like they are using busybox in the initial ramdisk. It >>> provides some basic shell commands such as mount with a small memory >>> requirement (commands are all static linked in). I suspect you are >>> having problems with the busybox not supporting mounting of your >>> type of raid. >>> >>> The fix would be to not use the internal busybox mount command but >>> include your own mount command (statically linked so the file will >>> be large) into the inital ramdisk and use that instead. >>> >>> For example I noticed that Fedora Core 5 uses busybox in anaconda >>> initial installer and that mount command doesn't work with "UUID=" >>> type mounts. Redhat nash (similar to busybox) that is installed for >>> the normal boot does support the UUID= for it's internal mount >>> command. Hope this points you in the right direction, >> >> Wow, thanks, James; I think it might. But now I need to know how to >> build an appropriate initrd. Got a link somewhere that I can follow? > > Well, for what it's worth, I tried going into > /etc/mkinitramfs/initramfs.conf and setting > > BUSYBOX=n > > and then I did > > initramfs-update -c -k <my-kernel-version> > > but that ultimately had exactly zero effect, including that I still > dropped into BusyBox upon failure. > > I'm at a total loss. I can't even find docs for initramfs-update out > there. Desperation is beginning to set in... :( I think I'm going to disagree with you about busybox and dmraid. My straight-ahead dmraid partitions are working just fine. For example, I can mount and unmount the /boot partition and I can see all the files there. It's just the LVM partitions that cause me grief. (they only show lost+found once mounted). So I think this is an LVM-related problem. Incidentally, mounting anything (even /boot) gives me a 'cramfs: wrong magic' message. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
