Benjamin Reed schrieb:
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> I'm attempting to do a software RAID bootstrap with redhat 7.1 and a
> custom-compiled (from CVS, as of about 20 minutes ago) kernel.
Did you use an original kernel source or the one delivered with rh-7.1.
In earlier releases RedHat was using the raid auto run patch to make
raid root possible. I don't know now.
>
> it is on a software raid5 root, formatted XFS, and it refuses to boot. :(
Did you try devfs=nomount as kernel boot parameter?
Are you using an initrd to boot. I have sent a patch to this list how
to change mkinitrd so that it will create an initrd that works with
or without devfs.
http://linux-xfs.sgi.com/projects/xfs/mail_archive/0105/msg00554.html
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> I get:
>
> EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
> XFS: SB read failed
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 09:01
>
> ...so before I try to go any further, is this even possible? Or is it not
> supported...
>
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