Bug 76719 – RAID-init in rc.sysinit fails if RAID-devices have already been initialized in initrd

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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...

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	initscripts (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
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Reported:	2002-10-25 09:56 EDT by Joakim Ahlin
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:32 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-01-13 23:57:30 EST
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Description Joakim Ahlin 2002-10-25 09:56:32 EDT

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 00:04:05 EST

Hm, we've done root on raid here before, without problems. Can you post the
*exact* errors?

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2003-01-13 23:57:30 EST

closed, no followup

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