Re: [Xen-users] domU -->Failure: failed to start /dev/md1

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andy Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 08:46:23PM +0200, Frank wrote:
>   
> > I don't understand this boot error from the domU:
> >
> > Begin: Assembling MD array /dev/md1 ...
> > md: md1 stopped.
> > mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1
> > Failure: failed to start /dev/md1
> >     
> Why does your domU try to assemble a software RAID at all if..
>
>   
> > disk    = [ 'file:/vd/domains/xen-etch/disk.img,sda1,w', 
> > file:/vd/domains/xen-etch/swap.img,sda2,w' ]
> >     
> ..it only has one block device?
>
> Is this a showstopper for you or does it carry on to boot normally?
>
> Do you have an /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf in the domU?
>
> Does your domU have mdadm set to run and assemble arrays?
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>   
Is there *ANY* reason to do software RAID, LVM, or other filesystem 
cuteness in a DomU? Except maybe for configuration testing purposes? Let 
the Dom0 do the work, I'm quite certain it will be more efficient about it.
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