On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:06:17 -0600 Jack Schneider <p...@dp-indexing.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:43:53 -0500 > Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:23:11AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: > > > > > > I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was > > > until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been > > > used or formatted. I configured a new array using Disk Utility > > > from a live Ubuntu CD. That's where I screwed up... The end > > > result was the names of the arrays were changed on the working 2 > > > drives. IE: /dev/md0 to /dev/126 and /dev/md1 became md127. > > > Strangely the md2 array which I setup on the added drives remains > > > as /dev/md2. My root partition is/was on /dev/md0. The result is > > > that Grub2 fails to boot the / array. I have tried three > > > REINSTALLING GRUB procedures from Sysresccd online docs and many > > > others GNU.org, Ubuntu etc. The errors occur when I try to mount > > > the partition with the /boot directory. 'Complains about file > > > system type 'linux_raid_member' This machine has worked for 3 > > > years flawlessly.. Can anyone help with this? Or point me to a > > > place or link to get this fixed. Google doesn't help... I can't > > > find a article/posting where it ended successfully. I have > > > considered a full reinstall after Squeeze goes stable, since this > > > O/S is a crufty upgrade from sarge over time. But useless now.. > > > > > You might want to try configuring grub and fstab to use UUID's > > instead of /dev/mdX. That removes the possibility that the kernel > > will change the mdX designations. > > > > Use blkid to find out the UUID's of your partitions. > > > > -Rob > > > > > Thanks for the reply, Rob. What grub file do I change? > grub.cfg? grub *.map? I seem to have UUIDs for both disks and > LVM partitions, change both? > > TIA, Jack > Whoops!! UUIDs for Not just disks, LVM volumes & RAID arrays.. Jack -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110114063014.3d4c5...@torrid.volunteerwireless.net
