Bug 24669 – mdadm is not available on the LiveCD

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Release Media

[Description Wes Kurdziolek 2003-07-17 07:41:49 UTC]

mdadm should be available on the LiveCD as an alternative to the raidtools
package. Many people find it a superior tool for managing Linux software RAID
volumes.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the LiveCD
2. Run the command mdadm
Actual Results:  
Command not found

Expected Results:  
Informed the user about the --help command line option

[Comment 1 Wes Kurdziolek 2003-07-17 10:26:04 UTC]

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23437

I've submitted a patch which integrates mdadm support into checkfs thus making it more feasible to include mdadm on the LiveCD ie. raidtools is no longer *required* making mdadm a viable alternative during installation.

[Comment 2 Allen Parker 2003-08-27 10:07:18 UTC]

I'd like to see mdadm available on the livecd, and barring that, I'd like a howto on how I can create my OWN livecd with mdadm available.

[Comment 3 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) 2004-01-20 16:53:23 UTC]

This was added to livecd while back