[CentOS] CentOS 4 Software Raid1 questions

[Lee Parmeter]

--- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic at pbl.ca> wrote:
> Lee Parmeter wrote:
> > I did not mark the parition type to FD so apparently
> the
> > kernel or mdadm just executes and looks in the
> ndadm.conf
> > file.
> > 
> > When trying to start the raid manually, I found that
> the
> > raid would fail unless I passed the partion assignments
> on
> > the commandline to mdadm. However, when the DEVICE and
> > ARRAY are defined in the mdadm.conf, the partion info
> was
> > not required, just the device name, "/dev/md0". So, I
> think
> > the raid failed to start at boot due to not enough
> > information being available for it to startup, thus the
> > mdadm.conf file being required. 
> > 
> > Anyway, that's what my experince told me!
> 
> OK, but have you attempted to mark the partition as type
> fd (linux raid 
> autodetect)?

No. Since /dev/md0 is loading OK in fstab, I have not
messed with it further. 

  My guess is, if you did, the kernel would
> bring it up as 
> soon as raid* device drivers are loaded.  The information
> in superblocks 
> at the end of each partition should be more than enough.

I will be creating another raid1 in the next week or two
and will try you suggestion then. 
 
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