Hadders wrote: > Hadders wrote: >> James Olson wrote: >>> Yes I think rc11 does have the stripe size fix and that is also the >>> version that I am running here with my FC5. >>> >>> Try this command: >>> dmraid -a n && dmraid -a y >>> >>> I believe that would fix the drive mapping and having both the dmraid >>> deactivation and activation on one line is fast enough so it won't >>> mess up your mounted volume. Then recreate your /boot/initrd-(kernel >>> version here).img file with the /sbin/mkinitrd command and see if >>> that works. >> Have an update. I downloaded the source for dmraid, rc13 and installed >> it for my machine. Still have the same problem though. >> Detailed message at boot is: >> >> device-mapper: table: 253:0: striped: Couldn't parse stripe destination >> device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table >> device-mapper: reload ioctrl failed: No such device or address >> Unable to determine geometry of file/device >> dev/mapper/isw_bdbbdbcbda_MyRAID0 >> You should not use Parted unless you REALLY know what you're doing! >> Unable to open /dev/mapper/isw_bdbbdbcbda_MyRAID0 - unrecognised disk >> label. >> >> he he, I like the part about using parted. Funny thing is I didn't! I >> used fdisk and made things the "old fashioned" way. >> >> So, I'm running device-mapper 4.5.0 for FC5, is there a newer version?! >> >> Help! >> > Hmmm, got cunning and loaded the 2.6.18-1.2239smp kernel into my PATA > hard disk. Then loaded up and noticed that device-mapper was at version > 4.7 (previously 4.5) in the base kernel. > Did the dmraid -a n && dmraid -a y to unload/load it. And it stopped > complaining. > Then edited my fstab and made the root and boot mappings point to my > /dev/mapper devices and built an initrd. Then copied that over to the > raid boot and tried to load with it. Didn't complain any more but still > couldn't find root. > > Just wondering if I can load the 2.6.18 kernel off my ATA drive and then > "swap" root directories out from under it, would that effect the make > initrd? effectively remounting root and then rebuilding initrd? > > Thanks > yes you can, look at the grub section in here for a howto, this is with gentoo, but the principle is the same. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_with_NVRAID_using_dmraid#Editing_your_grub.conf _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
