On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 13:45 +0800, Hadders wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 13:17 +0800, Hadders wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> I'm very close to getting my new hardware setup working. It kinda does. > >> > >> I'm using the Intel SATA RAID to get RAID 0, Grub as a boot manager, > >> have installed XP and copied my existing FC5 setup "over" to the new > >> container. > >> > >> I can boot into this new setup, but only with the stock Kernel. When I > >> try the latest Kernel, the device mapper doesn't work and as such, the > >> system can't find the filesystems. > >> Over on the ata.raid list, someone has suggested that I run the following: > >> > >> > dmraid -a n && dmraid -a y > >> Which deactivates/activates the RAID container in one go? > >> Then rebuild the initrd for the latest kernel I have (but not running) > >> > >> I would assume the safest place to run this command would be from > >> runlevel 1? > >> > >> Any tips would be appreciated. > >> > > ---- > > can't think of any reason that runlevel would matter since initrd is > > loaded only upon boot. > > > > The way I would probably handle it on my system... > > > > mkinitrd initrd-2.6.18-1.2239.fc5.img.custom 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 > > cp initrd-2.6.18-1.2239.fc5.img initrd-2.6.18-1.2239.fc5.img.saved > > mv initrd-2.6.18-1.2239.fc5.img.custom initrd-2.6.18-1.2239.fc5.img > > > > Though I have learned to check the contents of /etc/modprobe.conf to > > make certain that things are the way that I want before I execute > > mkinitrd > > > > Craig > > > > > I was thinking about the runlevel because I was going to blink the RAID > container out/in of existence briefly, figuring the less things running, > the less likely something might complain. ---- no way to know - what mount points are involved. If /bin is involved forgettaboutit If /var is involved, I would probably suggest runlevel 1 would probably be a good idea because it's gonna dump messages to console which gets messy ---- > > When I download the latest kernel and install it through yum/rpm > process, does an initrd get built automatically? ---- yes Craig
