Subject: Re: RAID6 simply does not start as /dev/md8 From: Roman Mamedov <rm@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Yann Ormanns <yann-ormanns@xxxxxx> Date: 2011-04-08 16:15 (+0600) > After you do various changes to your mdadm.conf, don't forget to update your > initrd. AFAIK mdadm.conf is copied into the compressed initrd image to be used > early at boot, and this copy has to be kept in sync with your version in /etc. > > Typically you can update initrd for all installed kernels by running something > like: > > update-initramfs -k all -u > Thank you for your quick response. I do not use an initrd - during the boot process the kernel reconnects and assembles md1,md2,md3,md5,md6 and md7 (these are all RAID1) without any problems. Only the assembly of the RAID6 does not work at all. Best regards, Yann -- 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