Re: [TCLUG:20991] /var as Linear (append)

[Nate Carlson <natecars@real-time.com>]

On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Bob Tanner wrote:
> Look more in-depth at the problem, I even see the RAID personalities being
> registered with the kernel:
> 
> md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
> linear personality registered
> raid0 personality registered
> raid1 personality registered
> raid5 personality registered
> 
> But then:
> 
> Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode [  OK  ]
> Finding module dependencies [  OK  ]
> Starting up RAID devices: /dev/md0: Invalid argument
> /dev/md0 must be a nonpersistent RAID0 or LINEAR array!
> md0 

Ah! An old style md array.. try starting it with 'raidstart /dev/md0'

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