dmraid 1.0.0.rc14 ddf1 issue

[Nhan NGO DINH]

Well, I got this running relying on /dev/dm-x device mapping and it works.

I was just figuring out why BIOS is changing DDF volume names every 
time... Is this meaning that BIOS try to autodetect RAID array-on-disk 
signatures every reboot instead of reading configuration from NVRAM? I 
think that this can be an issue for distro installers... Isn't it?

Regards,

Nhan

Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> Ah, I misinterpreted your issue :(
> Well, it seems to look like the BIOS updating the DDF volumes name
> and hence causing the mapped device name changes.
> I gather this is bad for initrd and /etc/fstab name persistency.
>
> There's 2 ways to work around this:
> o use the DDF volume as an LVM physical volume, and create logical
>   volumes in it for OS installation, hence having persistent LV names.
>   Not sure if installers will fall on their back trying this
>
> o leverage the initrd/initscripts to compensate for the name change
>
>
> Regards,
> Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --
>   

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