Bug 76719 - RAID-init in rc.sysinit fails if RAID-devices have already been initialized in initrd
Summary: RAID-init in rc.sysinit fails if RAID-devices have already been initialized i...
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: initscripts
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-10-25 13:56 UTC by Joakim Ahlin
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-01-14 04:57:30 UTC

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Description Joakim Ahlin 2002-10-25 13:56:32 UTC 
Description of Problem:

When RAID-arrays are started from within an initrd 
(using "raidautorun /dev/mdX" in linuxrc"), the boot fails in rc.sysinit. When 
trying to initialize the RAID arrays from within the script, it backs out with 
the error "raid device has already been started" or something. 

I have also been experiencing the "Typo in RAID setup"-bug from #71087.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

initscripts-6.67-1

How Reproducible:

Very.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set your lilo config to use /dev/mdX as root file system, and 
modify /etc/fstab to use the same mdX as / filesystem.
2. Run mkinitrd with raidmodule loaded
3. Reboot. Boot raid array will be initialized in initrd, and the RAID 
initialization in rc.sysinit will fail.

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Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2002-11-12 05:04:05 UTC 
Hm, we've done root on raid here before, without problems. Can you post the
*exact* errors?
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2003-01-14 04:57:30 UTC 
closed, no followup
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