Re: Root on RAID

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Chris Hamilton wrote:
| I found this problem for my Xmas raid as well.  However, mkinitrd.sh
in ROCK 2.1
| unless it has been updated in the last few weeks does not work
what-so-ever for
| 2.6 modutils.  I rewrote it so that it would search for modules just
parsing
| modules.dep and have the option of using lsmod, not just the hwscan
file(since
| it isn't used in rockplug anyway).  My script doesn't insert module

just FYI, rockplug is scheduled to be dumped anyway.

| dependencies in order, nor does it copy and modprobe parameters from
the hwscan
| file.
| Even then, it appeared to not run the linuxrc and since the md stuff
is in the
| kernel and not initrd it is loaded in the wrong order to autodetect arrays
| anyway.  I looked at other distro's mkinitrd.sh, saw that they were
much more
| capable/smart and got discouraged.  So I ended up monolithing the
whole thing.

I have not yet gotten that intimate with it cause I tend to make my
kernels monolithic, too. It's just convenient.

| Maybe my ROCK build was special and it works as is for others...  If
you are
| interested in my mkinitrd.sh I can pass it to you.  I would suggest some
| serious copying from somewhere else though.
That would be great to have at least a starting point.

Greetings,
	blindy

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