> I've again run into a problem with RAID-1 on my system. I can mount all > the raid volumes using the linux rescue boot option from the install CD. > > My disks (same model drive for both sda and sdb) > /boot - /dev/md1 (/dev/sda1 & /dev/sdb1) > / - /dev/md6 (/dev/sda6 & /dev/sdb6) > swap - /dev/md3 (/dev/sda3 & /dev/sdb3) > /var - /dev/md5 (/dev/sda5 & /dev/sdb5) > /usr - /dev/md2 (/dev/sda2 & /dev/sdb2) > /home - /dev/md7 (/dev/sda7 & /dev/sdb7) > > The system gets to: > > Waiting for driver initialization. > md: md6 stopped. > mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md6 > md: md3 stopped. > mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md3 > Trying to resume from /dev/md3 > Creating root device. > Mounting root filesystem. > EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock > mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext3: Invalid argument > Setting up other filesystems. > Setting up noew root fs > setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory > no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults > setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory > setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory > Mount failed for selinuxfs on /selinux: No such file or directory > Switching to new root and running init. > unmounting old /dev > unmounting old /proc > unmounting old /sys > switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory > Booting has failed. > > > I've had this problem in the past and I've checked the past suggestions and > I am still unable to get the system to boot. > > What I have done so far (while using the rescue CD) > > verified that the UUID's listed in the /etc/mdadm.conf file are correct > (mdadm -D /dev/mdX matches what's in the conf file). > Reinstalled grub with "grub-install /dev/sda" and "grub-install /dev/sdb" > Reviewed bugzilla bugs 447818 & 444237 and tried modifying the > /etc/rc.sysinit file to create the arrays at boot time. > > Any suggestions would really be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > I've again run into a problem with RAID-1 on my system. I can mount all > the raid volumes using the linux rescue boot option from the install CD. > > My disks (same model drive for both sda and sdb) > /boot - /dev/md1 (/dev/sda1 & /dev/sdb1) > / - /dev/md6 (/dev/sda6 & /dev/sdb6) > swap - /dev/md3 (/dev/sda3 & /dev/sdb3) > /var - /dev/md5 (/dev/sda5 & /dev/sdb5) > /usr - /dev/md2 (/dev/sda2 & /dev/sdb2) > /home - /dev/md7 (/dev/sda7 & /dev/sdb7) > > The system gets to: > > Waiting for driver initialization. > md: md6 stopped. > mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md6 > md: md3 stopped. > mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md3 > Trying to resume from /dev/md3 > Creating root device. > Mounting root filesystem. > EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock > mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext3: Invalid argument > Setting up other filesystems. > Setting up noew root fs > setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory > no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults > setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory > setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory > Mount failed for selinuxfs on /selinux: No such file or directory > Switching to new root and running init. > unmounting old /dev > unmounting old /proc > unmounting old /sys > switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory > Booting has failed. > > > I've had this problem in the past and I've checked the past suggestions > and > I am still unable to get the system to boot. > > What I have done so far (while using the rescue CD) > > verified that the UUID's listed in the /etc/mdadm.conf file are correct > (mdadm -D /dev/mdX matches what's in the conf file). > Reinstalled grub with "grub-install /dev/sda" and "grub-install /dev/sdb" > Reviewed bugzilla bugs 447818 & 444237 and tried modifying the > /etc/rc.sysinit file to create the arrays at boot time. > > Any suggestions would really be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeff I extracted the initrd file and looked at the file "init". in this file I can see the following (relevant) information.. echo Creating block device nodes. mkblkdevs echo "loading raid1 module" modprobe -q raid1 some other modules look like USB related echo "Loading ext3 module" modprobe -q raid456 echo "Loading scsi_mod module" modprobe -q scsi_mod echo "Loading sd_mod module" modprobe -q sd_mod the libata and ahci modules are next echo Waiting for driver initialization. <-last thing I see before it fails! stabilized --hash --interval 250 /proc/scsi/scsi modprobe scsi_wait_scan rmmod scsi_wait_scan mkblkdevs mdadm -As --auto=yes --run /dev/md3 mdadm -As --auto=yes --run /dev/md6 resume /dev/md3 it appears as the mdadm is not starting properly or assembling the array properly. Can anybody confirm if the init file appears correct? I tried modifying the mdadm line to remove the /dev/md3 (and 6) and it tried to assemble all the volumes but said that /dev/mdX (listed all my array volums) didn't exist with "mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md..." Thanks, Jeff -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines