"Martin K. Petersen" wrote:
> >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >> The installation went fine after loading the update disk. However,
> >> upon reboot, raidautorun reports "failed to open /dev/md0" which
> >> obviously leads to a kernel panic (my / is on md0). Suggestions?
>
> Eric> Hm... hopefully Martin or Russell can speak to this - I don't
> Eric> have any raid machines here, and have not ever tested it...
>
> Eric> Could this be a devfs thing? Has /dev/md0 moved to /dev/md/0
> Eric> perhaps? If devfsd hasn't started, the compatibility links
> Eric> won't be there if / isn't even mounted.
>
> That's probably the case, yes.
Wouldn't this be before / is mounted? so it probably doesn't matter if
/dev/ is real or devfs.
How does the kernel find and mount / if it is an md device? the dev_id
is usually
part of the lilo boot process but in the md case?
>
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