Re: 5.0 rc2+ raid1 setup - booting off raid not working

[Greg Oster <oster%cs.usask.ca@localhost>]

Carl Brewer writes:
> We've done a bit more looking into this and it appears that my problem 
> manifests itself as a failure of RAID autoconfiguration.
> 
> Not sure why though ...
> 
> Symptom :
> 
> Before a reboot :
> 
> raidctl -v -C ./raid0.conf raid0
> 
> 
> raidctl -A root raid0
> raid0: Autoconfigure: Yes
> raid0: Root: Yes
> 
> 
> raidctl -s raid0
> Components:
>            component0: failed
>             /dev/wd1a: optimal
> No spares.
> component0 status is: failed.  Skipping label.
> Component label for /dev/wd1a:
>     Row: 0, Column: 0, Num Rows: 0, Num Columns: 0
>     Version: 0, Serial Number: 0, Mod Counter: 102
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sorry.. I missed the above when looking at your previous email..

You've missed the 'raidctl -I 12345 raid0' step in all of this... 

Later...

Greg Oster