On Sunday 27 November 2005 22:08:04, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
Well, more generally, it's used when something needs to happen before the kernel can mount your root partiton. Sometimes this means DHCPing for an IP and mounting an NFS drive, it often means loading kernel modules. In your case, it means using mdadm to start the RAID devices. http://www.faqs.org/docs/evms/x3834.html that link is pretty helpful information on how to build an initrd manually. It's aimed at people using EVMS, but the general lessons it teaches about building the image are generally sound.
Thanks! I've used EVMS in the past... I was trying to grow my raid5. It looks like it would have done the job, except it was going to take a week... I opted to go the backup, recreate, and restore route.
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