On Tue Feb 16, 2010 at 03:37:08PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > so assume you have an initrd and metadata 1.x without auto assembling. > > You do some changes to the raid and screw up something else. Next boot nothing > works. Mostly because the mdadm.conf in your initrd is not correct. > > You whip out your trusty usb stick with a resuce system - and you are stuck. > If autoassembling would work, you would have working md devices you could > mount and edit the files you have to. But you don't and the mdadm.conf in the > initrd is outdated. > > Sounds like 'you are screwed'. > Or you drop to the recovery shell in the initrd, edit the mdadm.conf file (or run mdadm with whatever options you like to find out what's actually happening), and continue with processing the init script and booting. HTH, Robin -- ___ ( ' } | Robin Hill <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | / / ) | Little Jim says .... | // !! | "He fallen in de water !!" |
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