On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 14:44 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > > You have no ARRAY lines in mdadm.conf. On purpose?
mdadm did not give me a chance to create an array before this postinst failure. > Please paste the output of /usr/share/mdadm/mkconf as root. See below. > Please also paste the output of > > sh -x /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid start Here it is: # sh -x /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid start + set -eu + MDADM=/sbin/mdadm + CONFIG=/etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf + ALTCONFIG=/etc/mdadm.conf + DEBIANCONFIG=/etc/default/mdadm + test -x /sbin/mdadm + AUTOSTART=true + test -f /etc/default/mdadm + . /etc/default/mdadm ++ INITRDSTART=all ++ AUTOSTART=true ++ AUTOCHECK=true ++ START_DAEMON=true ++ DAEMON_OPTIONS=--syslog ++ VERBOSE=false ++ USE_DEPRECATED_MDRUN=false + . /lib/lsb/init-functions ++ FANCYTTY= ++ '[' -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ']' ++ . /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh + for dir in /lib/init/rw /dev/shm /dev + statedir=/lib/init/rw/.mdadm + test -d /lib/init/rw/.mdadm + STATEDIR=/lib/init/rw/.mdadm + break + case "${1:-}" in + PREFIX='Assembling MD array' + is_true true + case "${1:-}" in + return 0 + '[' '!' -f /proc/mdstat ']' + '[' '!' -f /proc/mdstat ']' + '[' -f /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf ']' + mkdir --parent /dev/md + IFSOLD=' ' + IFS=' ' ++ /sbin/mdadm --assemble --scan --auto=yes --symlink=no + for line in '$($MDADM --assemble --scan --auto=yes --symlink=no 2>&1)' + IFS=' ' + set -- mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically + shift + case "$@" in + shift + log_problem 'no arrays found in config file or automatically' + log 1 'Assembling MD arrays' 'no arrays found in config file or automatically' + case "$1" in + success=1 + shift + log_action_begin_msg 'Assembling MD arrays' + log_daemon_msg 'Assembling MD arrays...' + '[' -z 'Assembling MD arrays...' ']' + log_use_usplash + type usplash_write + usplash_write 'TEXT Assembling MD arrays...' + log_use_fancy_output + TPUT=/usr/bin/tput + EXPR=/usr/bin/expr + '[' xxterm '!=' xdumb ']' + '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']' + '[' -x /usr/bin/expr ']' + /usr/bin/tput hpa 60 + /usr/bin/tput setaf 1 + '[' -z ']' + FANCYTTY=1 + case "$FANCYTTY" in + true + /usr/bin/tput xenl ++ /usr/bin/tput cols + COLS=112 + '[' 112 ']' ++ /usr/bin/expr 112 - 7 + COL=105 + printf ' * Assembling MD arrays... ' * Assembling MD arrays... ++ /usr/bin/expr 112 - 1 + /usr/bin/tput hpa 111 + printf ' ' + shift + log_action_end_msg 1 'no arrays found in config file or automatically' + log_end_msg 1 + '[' -z 1 ']' + log_use_usplash + type usplash_write + '[' 1 -eq 0 ']' + usplash_write 'FAILURE failed' + '[' 105 ']' + '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']' + printf '\r' + /usr/bin/tput hpa 105 + '[' 1 -eq 0 ']' + printf '[' [+ /usr/bin/tput setaf 1 + printf fail fail+ /usr/bin/tput op + echo ']' ] + return 1 -- Laurent Bonnaud. http://www.lis.inpg.fr/pages_perso/bonnaud/ #!/bin/sh # # mkconf -- outputs valid mdadm.conf contents for the local system # # Copyright © martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # distributed under the terms of the Artistic Licence 2.0 # # $Id: mkconf 324 2007-05-05 18:49:44Z madduck $ # set -eu ME="${0##*/}" MDADM=/sbin/mdadm DEBIANCONFIG=/etc/default/mdadm CONFIG=/etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf test -r $DEBIANCONFIG && . $DEBIANCONFIG if [ -n "${MDADM_MAILADDR__:-}" ]; then # honour MAILADDR from the environment (from postinst) MAILADDR="$MDADM_MAILADDR__" else # preserve existing MAILADDR MAILADDR="$(sed -ne 's/^MAILADDR //p' $CONFIG 2>/dev/null)" || : fi # save existing values as defaults if [ -r "$CONFIG" ]; then DEVICE="$(sed -ne 's/^DEVICE //p' $CONFIG)" CREATE="$(sed -ne 's/^CREATE //p' $CONFIG)" HOMEHOST="$(sed -ne 's/^HOMEHOST //p' $CONFIG)" PROGRAM="$(sed -ne 's/^PROGRAM //p' $CONFIG)" fi generate=0 [ "${1:-}" = force-generate ] && rm -f $CONFIG case "${1:-}" in generate|force-generate) [ -n "${2:-}" ] && CONFIG=$2 # only barf if the config file specifies anything else than MAILADDR if egrep -qv '^(MAILADDR.*|#.*|)$' $CONFIG 2>/dev/null; then echo "E: $ME: $CONFIG already exists." >&2 exit 255 fi mkdir --parent ${CONFIG%/*} exec >$CONFIG generate=1 ;; esac cat <<_eof # mdadm.conf # # Please refer to mdadm.conf(5) for information about this file. # # by default, scan all partitions (/proc/partitions) for MD superblocks. # alternatively, specify devices to scan, using wildcards if desired. DEVICE ${DEVICE:-partitions} # auto-create devices with Debian standard permissions CREATE ${CREATE:-owner=root group=disk mode=0660 auto=yes} # automatically tag new arrays as belonging to the local system HOMEHOST ${HOMEHOST:-<system>} # instruct the monitoring daemon where to send mail alerts MAILADDR ${MAILADDR:-root} _eof if [ -n "$PROGRAM" ]; then cat <<-_eof # program to run when mdadm monitor detects potentially interesting events PROGRAM ${PROGRAM} _eof fi error=0 if [ ! -r /proc/mdstat ]; then echo W: $ME: MD subsystem is not loaded, thus I cannot scan for arrays. >&2 error=1 elif [ ! -r /proc/partitions ]; then echo W: $ME: /proc/partitions cannot be read, thus I cannot scan for arrays. >&2 error=2 else echo "# definitions of existing MD arrays" if ! $MDADM --examine --scan --config=partitions; then error=$(($? + 128)) echo W: $ME: failed to scan for partitions. >&2 echo "### WARNING: scan failed." else echo fi fi if [ $generate -eq 1 ]; then cat <<_eof # This file was auto-generated on $(date -R) # by mkconf \$Id: mkconf 324 2007-05-05 18:49:44Z madduck $ _eof mkdir -p /var/lib/mdadm md5sum $CONFIG > /var/lib/mdadm/mdadm.conf-generated fi exit $error