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| author | Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org> | 2006-05-07 11:27:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org> | 2006-05-07 11:27:26 +0200 |
| commit | 3c2796fc34d6b5d41c9ff7b4389651bbbe6d018b (patch) | |
| tree | ef52d70f0ed030e6aca78ef7add914788ff69499 /install/raid | |
| parent | 212033832a355b6ca1ad61f0f0460cf7b9b07c2d (diff) | |
| download | mkinitcpio-3c2796fc34d6b5d41c9ff7b4389651bbbe6d018b.tar.gz mkinitcpio-3c2796fc34d6b5d41c9ff7b4389651bbbe6d018b.tar.xz | |
'update the raid stuff + included a raid autodetectcion'
git-svn-id: http://projects.archlinux.org/svn/initramfs/mkinitcpio@77 880c04e9-e011-0410-abf7-b926e227c9cd
Diffstat (limited to 'install/raid')
| -rw-r--r-- | install/raid | 32 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/install/raid b/install/raid index 84339c5..a7102b6 100644 --- a/install/raid +++ b/install/raid @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ install () { - MODULES=" $(all_modules "/md/raid*")" + MODULES=" $(checked_modules "drivers/md/*" | grep -v "dm-") " BINARIES="" FILES="" SCRIPT="raid" @@ -15,15 +15,27 @@ cat<<HELPEOF This hook loads the necessary modules for an raid root device, and assemble the raid device when run. - Supported Kernel Parameters: - * raid=noautodetect : This setting is only effective if set to - noautodetect. When set to noautodetect, the md= parameter is used. - * md= ::: TODO ::: md=0,/dev/sda3,/dev/sda4 + Kernel Parameters: + Specify all your md arrays with md= parameter: + ::: Example ::: md=0,/dev/sda3,/dev/sda4 md=1,/dev/hda1,/dev/hdb1 + This will setup 2 md arrays with persistent superblocks - Important Note: kinit handles raid assembly by itself. If you - do not need to run any additional hooks on the assembled array - (i.e. LVM, encrypted root, etc), it is recommended that you - let kinit handle the assembly. You will still need to load - the proper raid* modules via the MODULES setting. + Setup: + - for old raid arrays without persistent superblocks: + md=<md device no.>,<raid level>,<chunk size factor>,<fault level>,dev0,dev1 + - for raid arrays with persistent superblocks: + md=<md device no.>,dev0,dev1,...,devn + - for, to assemble a partitionable array: + md=d<md device no.>,dev0,dev1,...,devn + + Parameters: + - <md device no.> = the number of the md device: + 0 means md0, 1 means md1, ... + - <raid level> = -1 linear mode, 0 striped mode + other modes are only supported with persistent super block + - <chunk size factor> = (raid-0 and raid-1 only): + Set the chunk size as 4k << n. + - <fault level> = totally ignored + - <dev0-devn>: e.g. /dev/hda1,/dev/hdc1,/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1 HELPEOF } |