Problem with random disks mount sequence

[Les Mikesell]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> 
> If you are creating a software RAID array later, you may have to
> rebuilt the initrd with additional drivers. But if you are moving
> your root file system to a RAID array, you are going to have to make
> a lot of changes to the system, so that is the time to add the
> additional drivers to initrd.

What I've sometimes done is a fresh install on the new hardware (raid, 
different disk controller, etc.), and then kept only the contents of 
/boot perhaps /etc/modprobe.conf, overwriting the rest with a copy of a 
system from some other machine and adjusting fstab and grub.conf by 
hand, but it seems like there should be an easier way to make an initrd 
for new hardware.

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   Les Mikesell
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