Starting dmraid in initrd

[James Olson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andre Hasekamp" <AndreHasekamp at netscape.net>
To: ataraid-list at redhat.com
Subject: Starting dmraid in initrd
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:59:38 +0100

> 
> Hi,
> 
> This must be a straightforward one for all you people booting from a disk array with the support 
> of
> dmraid.
> 
> The issue is simply this. When I do:
> 
> dmraid -ay
> dmraid -sa
> 
> in a running non-RAID system, everything is fine, the second command shows my RAID set is active.
> Now, when I give the same 2 commands in init on initrd, my RAID set is not active (or, dmraid -si
> then indeed shows that my RAID set is not active).
> 
> Hopefully someone can give me a tip that helps me get dmraid started on initrd.
< snip.. >

In order for dmraid to work the device mapper kernel module has to be loaded try putting 
insmod.static /lib/dm-mod.ko
into your initial ramdisk script (assuming /lib is where you put that module on your initial ramdisk.)


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