| Summary: | neither mkraid nor mdadm work with latest amd64-livecd (2005.0) | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Release Media | Reporter: | BlinkEye <BlinkEye> |
| Component: | Everything | Assignee: | Gentoo Release Team <releng> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | AMD64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
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Description
BlinkEye
2005-04-19 11:10:33 UTC
i tried an amd64-livecd-2004.3 too, same result - not working. Did you do modprobe raid1 or whatever RAID variant you are trying to create? i did modprobe md, but no, no RAID variant. You need to MAKEDEV md, as documented both in the release notes and the Handbook. It is a limitation of how udev does things and can't be fixed, as udev only builds device nodes for devices that are present. Since you do not yet have a RAID, it isn't present. It is a bit annoying, but well documented. thanks for the replies. i had issues with udev (like /dev/console or /dev/null not being created), so, i'm used to it. but i do rtfm and just searched both the amd64 (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?style=printable&full=1) and x86 doc (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?style=printable&full=1) (as i must admit i don't read them carefully anymore ;-)) but have not found any hint about that MAKEDEV command. i just booted my raided amd64 system and modprobed the raid variant. /dev/md* are not yet created. how should i use MAKEDEV and where are the release notes and the hint in the documentation? *bump* http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2005.0/amd64-release-notes.xml Also, don't bump bugs. Not only is it rude, but it tends to piss people off. I didn't answer you because I figured you would be abe to look around for it and find it yourself. this might be a language problem - i thought bump means: "please help me, i'm still interested in the subject but simply can't solve the problem". anyway, i stated above that i've been looking around and haven't found anything useful about that issue. further i don't understand why release notes are not on the mirrors in the correspondig folder of the release files. why a seperate/special server? either way, thanks for your answer. but it does not work at all. i just grapped the original error upon "mkraid /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1": "cannot determine md version: no MD device file in /dev". "MAKEDEV /dev/md0" returns: "/sbin/MAKEDEV: don't know how to make /dev/md0". i guess i have to reopen the bug. Did you READ the release notes? It says, and I quote, "Manually create the device nodes using MAKEDEV md". Nowhere did it say anything about MAKEDEV /dev/md0. As for the "bump"... This is a bug report, not a web forum. Bugs do not just disappear. Posting a bump says to us "Hey... I'm more important than anything you might be working on, so I'm going to post a worthless post to the bug just to get your attention, since there's no way this bug could possibly be on your list of things to look at." i appreciate the work you guys put in gentoo. but so do i. i don't get why i get pissed at if i open a bug. if you're an active member of the forum you'll read once in a while that one should open a bug instead of posting in the forums. so, i used bump, explained why and acknowlegded your hint of not using it. now, i'd really like to know why this "certain tone" is necessary. you're right, i was thinking instead of just typing the command. so, it is my fault and not a bug. considering this issue after leaning back i'd say: well, did you READ my bug report? i explained exactly what i did in the first post. you pointed me into the right directions - but with your knowledge i bet you knew from the beginning what the mistake was. so instead of saying: "turn right, your tail is just behing you" you could have explicitly say: don't turn, just grab your tail, i.e. don't use "MAKEDEV /dev/md0" but "MAKEDEV md" and the issue what have been solved right away. now i remember that i read that hint either in the forums or in the release notes - where the heck would i've else known about MAKEDEV? |
