> -----Original Message----- > From: hansbkk@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:hansbkk@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:09 PM > To: lrhorer@xxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Linux RAID > Subject: Re: Temporarily Disable Array > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Leslie Rhorer <lrhorer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> From: hansbkk@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:hansbkk@xxxxxxxxx] > >> FFR did you do this and did it work? > > > > I did, but it didn't work as I had planned. About a year ago, I > ran > > across a bug that had caused the homehost field on the arrays to gave a > pair > > > Thanks for the update Leslie. Assuming your specific issues didn't > arise, is this checklist complete, or did you find you needed to do > something else to prevent auto-assembly? I really don't know, for certain. I was having so many other issues, I'm not sure if this would have been entirely sufficient, or not. I think so, but I could not swear to it. > ------------------------------ > > >> > 1. Edit /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf and comment out the line specifying > the > >> > array. Also comment out the line "HOMEHOST <system>" > >> > > >> > 2. Edit /etc/fstab and comment out the line specifying the mount > point > >> for > >> > the array. > >> > > >> > 3. Issue the command `update-initramfs -u` > >> > > >> > 4. Reboot the system, making sure the array does not assemble. > >> > > >> > 5. Perform the OS upgrade. > >> > > >> > 6. Edit mdadm.conf and fstab, removing the comment markers placed in > >> steps > >> > 1 and 2. > >> > > >> > 7. Issue the command `update-initramfs -u` > >> > > >> > 8. Reboot the system, making sure the array assembles and mounts. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
