Re: RAID modules and CONFIG_AUTODETECT_RAID

2000-11-15 Thread Neil Brown
On Wednesday November 15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [Ian Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > Of course we need an initrd with the raid modules on it before we can > > boot from a RAID root partition. > > raidtools can't run from an initrd? > > Peter There is a realy issue here. raidstart current

Re: RAID modules and CONFIG_AUTODETECT_RAID

2000-11-15 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Ian Grant] > > In 2.2.x we were able to build a kernel with RAID modules and have it > > autodetect RAID partitions at boot time - so we could use raid root > > partitions. > > Really? Funny, because IIRC RAID autodetection does not even exist i

Re: RAID modules and CONFIG_AUTODETECT_RAID

2000-11-15 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Ian Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Of course we need an initrd with the raid modules on it before we can > boot from a RAID root partition. raidtools can't run from an initrd? Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: RAID modules and CONFIG_AUTODETECT_RAID

2000-11-15 Thread Ian Grant
> > [Ian Grant] > > In 2.2.x we were able to build a kernel with RAID modules and have it > > autodetect RAID partitions at boot time - so we could use raid root > > partitions. > > Really? Funny, because IIRC RAID autodetection does not even exist in > 2.2.x kernels. Perhaps you are referring

Re: RAID modules and CONFIG_AUTODETECT_RAID

2000-11-15 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Ian Grant] > In 2.2.x we were able to build a kernel with RAID modules and have it > autodetect RAID partitions at boot time - so we could use raid root > partitions. Really? Funny, because IIRC RAID autodetection does not even exist in 2.2.x kernels. Perhaps you are referring to vendor-patch

RAID modules and CONFIG_AUTODETECT_RAID

2000-11-14 Thread Ian Grant
In 2.2.x we were able to build a kernel with RAID modules and have it autodetect RAID partitions at boot time - so we could use raid root partitions. In 2.40 the configuration option CONFIG_AUTODETECT_RAID is explicitly disabled unless at least one RAID module is built into the kernel. I presu