Re: openssi 1.2 and drbd

On 18/09/06, Daniel 'Fremen' Llewellyn <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've installed openssi 1.2 on a debian 3.1 system. I'm still learning
> how everything works and fits together, but I would like for a drbd
> shared root filesystem. To that end I've installed the drbd packages,
> added drbd to /etc/mkinitrd/modules, and changed the line in
> /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf to read "DRBD_CONFIG=yes". however,
> running mkinitrd results in an empty file (0 bytes). changing the
> DRBD_CONFIG line to "no" allows the initrd image to be created
> successfully but, of course, the drbd filesystem isn't used on a
> reboot with this initrd image.
>
> has anyone successfully set up drbd with openssi 1.2, or know why my
> mkinitrd command fails to create the image with DRBD_CONFIG=yes?
>
> also, how does the installation of drbd affect the currently installed
> root filesystem? eg. my current rootfs on /dev/ida/c0d0p1 contains the
> debian install along with the openssi bits, and /dev/drbd/0 mapped to
> /dev/ida/c0d1p1 is empty. will the boot process load the original
> rootfs and combine it with the drbd rootfs, or will it use solely the
> drbd resulting in errors because the filesystem is empty?
>

hmm, as a followup to myself, mkinitrd doesn't seem to be working,
now, with either DRBD_CONFIG=yes OR DRBD_CONFIG=no

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Regards,
    Daniel "Fremen" Llewellyn

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