Bug 359593

Summary:	Code listing does not have --metadata=0.90 for the "/" partition as mentioned in previous line.
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	Rem <taris.kah>
Component:	Installation Handbook	Assignee:	nm (RETIRED) <nightmorph>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	docs-team, mattsch
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml#doc_chap2_pre10
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Patch for tipsntricks as well as raid+lvm quickinstall

Description Rem 2011-03-20 08:06:37 UTC

The line (in code listing 2.10)
"livecd ~ # mdadm --create /dev/md3 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3" should either include "--metadata=0.90" or the guide should describe how to set up mdadm within an initrd.

It does mention "Then create the RAID device nodes and devices. Please bear in mind that the /boot and / mount points should use an older metadata format which can be specified by the --metadata=0.90 flag:" right before this.



Reproducible: Always




I didn't pay close attention when running through this guide, as the last time I installed using it, the version piece wasn't required.

Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-05-09 18:56:39 UTC

*** Bug 366637 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen 2011-05-09 20:08:12 UTC

Created attachment 272673 [details, diff]
Patch for tipsntricks as well as raid+lvm quickinstall

Single patch to update the mdadm instructions in two documents
- gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml
- gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml

Uses metadata=0.90 for the important file systems and adds a blurb about the 0.90 for critical versus non-critical file systems.

Comment 3 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-05-09 20:16:13 UTC

Fixed in CVS. Thanks for reporting, and thanks to swift for the patch.