Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: > Robert L Cochran wrote: >> And the output of `ls /dev/mapper` >> >> >> >> Charles Crayne wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:09:44 -0500 >>> "Raymond C. Rodgers" <sinful622@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> From what I've seen, this can be done through initrd/mkinitrd some >>>> how, >>>> >>>> >>> Apparently, I don't understand what you are trying to do. I am running >>> software raid on three i386 machines and one x86_64 machine, and I have >>> never needed any magic. >>> >>> Perhaps if you posted your fstab, and the output of parted -l, I would >>> understand your problem well enough to offer some useful advice. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > *fstab:* > UUID=b601345c-1a2f-464a-ab3d-9a25d528df8d / > ext3 defaults 1 1 > UUID=9f0b2cc8-7c0e-49f6-8366-483af19fca89 /boot > ext3 defaults 1 2 > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs > defaults 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts > gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs > defaults 0 0 > proc /proc proc > defaults 0 0 > UUID=d4c09963-7244-413b-9d85-26ad476b66d6 swap > swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap > defaults 0 0 > /dev/sdc1 /media/prime ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 > /dev/mapper/nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 /media/safehouse ntfs-3g > defaults 0 0 > //192.168.0.107/share /media/linkstation cifs > users,gid=users,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=0777 0 0 > //192.168.0.107/sharedmedia /media/linkstation_media cifs > users,gid=users,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=0777 0 0 > > */dev/mapper before activating dmraid manually:* > [root@localhost etc]# ls -l /dev/mapper/ > total 0 > crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 63 2008-12-16 03:31 control > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 2008-12-16 08:31 VolGroup00-LogVol00 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 1 2008-12-16 03:31 VolGroup00-LogVol01 > > */dev/mapper after activating dmraid manually (with the command line > I've been using since installing F10)* > [root@localhost etc]# dmraid -a yes nvidia_gdedfbbj > RAID set "nvidia_gdedfbbj" was activated > RAID set "nvidia_gdedfbbjp2" was activated > RAID set "nvidia_gdedfbbjp5" was activated > [root@localhost etc]# ls -l /dev/mapper/ > total 0 > crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 63 2008-12-16 03:31 control > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 2 2008-12-16 11:16 nvidia_gdedfbbj > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 3 2008-12-16 11:16 nvidia_gdedfbbjp2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 4 2008-12-16 11:16 nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 2008-12-16 08:31 VolGroup00-LogVol00 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 1 2008-12-16 03:31 VolGroup00-LogVol01 > > > The goal is to get dmraid activated automatically on boot like it once > was, and not need to manually activate it and mount the > nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 partition. As you might notice from the fstab, the > individual partitions that make up nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 are not listed in > the fstab file, yet Fedora is mounting them automatically everytime I > boot. From what I learned in the past, that may be related to how the > F10 installer saw the machine configured during installation, it > decided to build an initrd with them mounted individually. From what I > recall from F8 or F9, I had to use mkinitrd with dmraid activated and > the nvidia_gdedfbbjp5 device mounted to get it to behave the same way; > there was no need to modify /etc/fstab. But I have not been able to > duplicate that, nor have I been able to find the instructions that I > used previously. > > Raymond I'm too tired tonight to study this carefully, but tomorrow night I will. I might not have anything helpful to say though. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
