> Sent: mardi 29 avril 2008 11:07 > > Hi Lucas, > > kpartx workaround works for you or not ? Hello Heinz, thanks for reading, kpartx works as well as the "dmraid -an isw_di && dmraid -ay isw_di" kludge I mentioned. Is there an easier way than manually adding a call to either one of them in the initrd scripts (my root partition is not being mapped) > In order to be able to test this further, I'd need the partition > table sector(s) in addition to the "dmraid -rD" output you provided. You can find them at http://elmo.xzibition.com/~lbc/parttables.tar.gz Lucas > Cheers, > Heinz > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 03:44:16PM +0200, Lucas B. Cohen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Have there been significant changes or advances regarding the issue of > > partitions not being mapped when more than one array is present in a > system, > > since Liviu Balan's message on the subject [1] last year? > > > > With rc13 and rc14, depending on kernel version, either the first > (2.6.18) > > or second array (2.6.22 and up) get "missed" in my system (Intel > Software > > Raid on Intel P35 with ICH9R). > > > > Aside from Heinz's reply to [1] (suggesting a kpartx-based workaround), > I've > > noticed that deactivating the non-mapped array *only* before activating > it > > allows the missing nodes to be created in /dev/mapper. (Something like > > dmraid -an isw_di && dmraid -ay isw_di) > > > > I imagine the "use kpartx instead of my own DOS metadata format handler" > > item in rc14's TODO is relevant to this. > > > > In case it can be of use, the output of "dmraid -rD" for my system is > > accessible at [2]. > > > > Any insight is appreciated, as I'm having a hard time finding relevant > > information on this problem elsewhere. > > > > Regards, > > > > Lucas Cohen > > > > > > [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/ataraid-list/2007-April/msg00009.html > > [2] http://elmo.xzibition.com/~lbc/dmraid-metadata.tar.gz > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list mailing list > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > =-=- > > Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH > Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 > Storage Development 56242 Marienrachdorf > Germany > Mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx PHONE +49 171 7803392 > FAX +49 2626 924446 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > =-=- > > _______________________________________________ > Ataraid-list mailing list > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
