tags 381007 + confirmed pending thanks also sprach Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.01.1322 +0100]: > Anyway, the problem is that during preconfigure, the script hangs while > continuously saying "E: unrecognised device string: /dev/md/0" > Looking at the script, the problem is that this matches > /dev/md*|md*), > but not > /dev/md[0-9]*|/dev/md_d[0-9]*)
Aye, that was a stupid oversight on my part.
> This, plus the while true, which perhaps should be
> while [ $ERROR -eq 0 ], leads to the endless loop.
The loop should stay endless, IMHO, to ensure that the user passes
a proper device string (or 'all' or 'none'). but undoubtedly, the
problem you point out should be fixed.
> I do not have enough knowledge of the purpose of the script to write a
> patch just now, but I suppose it's not too hard to fix.
Easy to fix:
patch /var/lib/dpkg/info/mdadm.config <<_eof
--- debian/mdadm.config (revision 46)
+++ debian/mdadm.config (working copy)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
i="${i%p[0-9]*}"
case "$i" in
- /dev/md[0-9]*|/dev/md_d[0-9]*)
+ /dev/md[0-9]*|/dev/md_d[0-9]*|/dev/md/[0-9]*|/dev/md/d[0-9]*)
[ -b "$i" ] && ARRAYS="${ARRAYS:+$ARRAYS }$i" && continue
echo "E: device does not exist: $i" >&2
ERROR=1; break
_eof
Could you please apply this, then run
dpkg-reconfigure -u mdadm
or maybe the following is needed instead:
dpkg --configure mdadm
and finally try to reboot and report success (or failure)? I suspect
it will work, but it would be good to have this tested.
To make life easier for you, you may want to provide yourself
a safety net by making a copy of the initrd:
cp /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r).saved
and then to duplicate your main grub or lilo stanzas (rerun lilo!)
and point them to the saved initrd. If things go haywire, you should
be able to restore a working condition with the saved initrd.
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