> Quick question: why not add an auto=md clause to /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf? > That way you have the option of *not* assembling some md drives if necessary.
I can't try this right now but I doubt this would help. The reason is that when the system boots initrd would not know how to assemble /dev/md1 because .../initrimg/script does not contain "mdadm -A" record for /dev/md1. This is the root of the problem. >From the original bug report: When #mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img is run, it creates only records for /dev/md2 (/) and /dev/md3 (swap) but not for /dev/md1 (/boot) [ even though /boot is mounted and fully functional when mkinitrd is run ]. # cat /mnt/initrimg/script mdadm -A /devfs/md/3 -R -u 3232683c:698319a4:67aa8320:ae8fa7c7 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdc3 ROOT=/dev/md2 mdadm -A /devfs/md/2 -R -u 2ed78bfb:aed805bf:7cc7e04b:e56f1342 /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdc2 Thanks Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]