In case anyone runs into the same issue that I was having, the answer to getting mdadm 3.1.4 (built from source) to boot on startup in Ubuntu 10.10 was to create a script and place it into /etc/init.d/, then chmod +x the new script, then run "update-rc.d mdraidstartupscript.sh defaults". Thanks to Phil for pointing me to the right direction! Sandra -----Original Message----- From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandra Escandor Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:28 PM To: Phil Turmel Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Issues with auto assembling or RAID10 (imsm) on boot Yes, your assumption is correct that I built the mdadm package from source. The reason why I needed mdadm 3.1.4 (instead of the one that comes with Ubuntu 10.10) is because it supports the imsm metadata container, which I need to be able to see the same type of RAID that dmraid does. I now have something to go on and will look into how the initscript and configuration files should look like for this. Thanks for your help! Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Phil Turmel [mailto:philip@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:16 PM To: Sandra Escandor Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Issues with auto assembling or RAID10 (imsm) on boot On 06/20/2011 03:55 PM, Sandra Escandor wrote: > Hi Phil, > > Attached is the complete dmesg. The last chunk of it is where I manually > assemble the RAID after boot. > > I just want to make sure I mention this if this is important: I built > this from source and then I ran make install. I couldn't see any > documentation that would suggest that I had to do anything else in /etc/ > (such as an init script - maybe this is what I need? I don't know enough > about the inner workings of Linux just yet). Based on the dmesg, you aren't using raid for your boot or root disks, so its not really an initramfs issue (or doesn't have to be). It is almost certainly a missing initscript, or missing runlevel configuration for an initscript. Unfortunately, I'm not terribly familiar with the ubuntu init system, so I can't point at anything specific to check. By mentioning building from source, I assume you mean the mdadm package? If so, you are probably missing the initscript and configuration files that ubuntu packages with mdadm to make their entire system "seamless". Is there something you need from the latest and greatest mdadm? Also, anyone else care to jump in? Phil -- 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 -- 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
