Please, disregard this thread. I have posted the problem under a different view. francesco pietra
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Francesco Pietra <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 8:18 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: Failure to load amd64 lenny To: Justin Piszcz <[email protected]> Hi Justin: Thanks for your most clear lesson. The raid partitions, from md0 to md6, are exactly "active raid1" with the same data as from my records, which follow: ==================================== cat /proc/mdadm Personalities : [raid1] md6 : active raid1 sda8[0] sdb8[1] 102341952 blocks [2/2] [UU] md5 : active raid1 sda7[0] sdb7[1] 1951744 blocks [2/2] [UU] md4 : active raid1 sda6[0] sdb6[1] 2931712 blocks [2/2] [UU] md3 : active raid1 sda5[0] sdb5[1] 14651136 blocks [2/2] [UU] md1 : active(auto-read-only) raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1] 6835584 blocks [2/2] [UU] md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1] 2931712 blocks [2/2] [UU] md2 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1] 14651200 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> =========================== (With Knoppix, md2 is above md1; also, AUTOSTART=false, or true) Yes, I have a raid1 arrangement that has been (rightly) criticized. But it works for me. I have arranged a raid1 mostly for the OS. The data are removed as soon as a calculation is finished (removed also because the Raptor is 150GB only) However, failure to start Debian amd64 lenny remains as described in my original post.Unless it is simply a trivial affair that escapes my understanding, we need advice by a Debian expert. Luckily, I have sent a manuscript, so that before computing again I need to think. Happy 2009! francesco On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Justin Piszcz <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Francesco Pietra wrote: > >> I forgot to mention that Knoppix loads correctly, shows all mem and >> CPUs, and lets using both the mouse and the keyboard. I have not >> managed with the HDs because Knoppix does not recognize the RAID1, >> showing sda and sdb which are not my partitions. In fact neither one >> can be mounted. >> >> francesco > > francesco, > > You have to 'enable' it first. > > 0. boot knoppix. > 1. mdadm --examine --scan >> /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf > 2. vi /etc/default/mdadm or /etc/default/mdadm-raid > 3. change AUTOSTART=no to AUTOSTART=yes > 4. /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid start > > Then your arrays should show up (cat /proc/mdstat). > > Keep in mind though if you want to use your system or run LILO inside the > chroot (after you chroot into it) you need to copy KNOPPIX's bin,lib,sbin > to your chroot and move the x86_64 versions aside before you chroot. > > Justin. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
