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Message-ID: <20100217142545.GA12165@emergent.ellipticsemi.com> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:25:45 -0500 From: Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com> To: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@...glemail.com> Cc: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>, Michael Evans <mjevans1983@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux mdadm superblock question. On 23:18 Tue 16 Feb , Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Dienstag 16 Februar 2010, Nick Bowler wrote: > > I put a complete set of recovery tools into my initramfses so that when > > the system is completely fucked up, I have a kernel that is able to boot > > until rdinit=/bin/zsh (or /bin/bb, if you prefer) takes over. > > > > This has the added advantage of working when the root filesystem cannot > > be mounted at all: a scenario which does not seem too far-fetched when > > the filesystem is located on a raid array. > > and what do you do if you have to boot from a cd/usb stick and need to access > the raid? > > Simple with auto assembling. Not so much without. The same initramfs can be used on a CD or USB stick. If you were referring to using someone else's CD or USB stick, then obviously mdadm will need to be available. -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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