On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Bart Trojanowski <bart [ at ] jukie [ dot ] net> wrote: > * Charles Nadeau <charles [ dot ] nadeau [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> [090320 19:40]: > > > Was the array in a good state in /proc/mdstat ? > > > > My STUPID mistake: I forgot to start the array before mounting it. > > Pfew! > > > > > I'll try again with both AHCI and MD as modules this time. > > > > > > I am hopeful about this option. > > > > After booting and doing an lsmod, none of the modules were loaded. I'll > try > > again later tonight, I need to quickly finish a couple of things with my > > workstation. I'll keep you posted, thanks for your help. > > I am not used to gentoo. Can you throw them into /etc/modules (or Yes, in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 ( http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=7#doc_chap5 ) > similar)? Make sure you put ahci before md. Here is what I get when I compile "the Gentoo way": Ottawa linux # make -j5 && make -j5 modules_install scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86/Kconfig CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CHK include/linux/compile.h CC init/do_mounts.o CC init/do_mounts_rd.o CC init/do_mounts_initrd.o LD init/mounts.o LD init/built-in.o GZIP kernel/config_data.gz IKCFG kernel/config_data.h CC kernel/configs.o LD kernel/built-in.o LD crypto/built-in.o CC [M] crypto/xor.o LD crypto/async_tx/built-in.o CC [M] crypto/async_tx/async_tx.o CC [M] crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.o CC [M] crypto/async_tx/async_xor.o CC fs/partitions/check.o LD fs/partitions/built-in.o LD drivers/md/built-in.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid0.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid1.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid10.o CC [M] drivers/md/md.o LD fs/built-in.o CC [M] drivers/md/bitmap.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid5.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6algos.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6recov.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6tables.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6int1.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6int2.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6int4.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6int8.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6int32.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6int16.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6altivec1.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6altivec2.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6altivec4.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6altivec8.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6mmx.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6sse1.o CC [M] drivers/md/raid6sse2.o LD [M] drivers/md/raid456.o LD [M] drivers/md/md-mod.o LD drivers/built-in.o LD vmlinux.o MODPOST vmlinux.o GEN .version CHK include/linux/compile.h UPD include/linux/compile.h CC init/version.o LD init/built-in.o LD .tmp_vmlinux1 KSYM .tmp_kallsyms1.S AS .tmp_kallsyms1.o LD .tmp_vmlinux2 KSYM .tmp_kallsyms2.S AS .tmp_kallsyms2.o LD vmlinux SYSMAP System.map SYSMAP .tmp_System.map Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 58 modules CC arch/x86/boot/version.o OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin GZIP arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz LD arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.o LD arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux OFFSETS arch/x86/boot/offsets.h OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/vmlinux.bin AS arch/x86/boot/header.o LD arch/x86/boot/setup.elf OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/setup.bin BUILD arch/x86/boot/bzImage Root device is (8, 2) Setup is 11448 bytes (padded to 11776 bytes). System is 3029 kB CRC a30a3557 Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#7) LD [M] crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.ko LD [M] crypto/async_tx/async_tx.ko LD [M] crypto/async_tx/async_xor.ko LD [M] crypto/xor.ko LD [M] drivers/md/md-mod.ko LD [M] drivers/md/raid0.ko LD [M] drivers/md/raid1.ko LD [M] drivers/md/raid10.ko LD [M] drivers/md/raid456.ko INSTALL arch/x86/crypto/aes-x86_64.ko INSTALL crypto/aes_generic.ko INSTALL crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.ko INSTALL crypto/async_tx/async_tx.ko INSTALL crypto/async_tx/async_xor.ko INSTALL crypto/crc32c.ko INSTALL crypto/crypto_hash.ko INSTALL crypto/ecb.ko INSTALL crypto/md4.ko INSTALL crypto/pcbc.ko INSTALL crypto/sha1_generic.ko INSTALL crypto/sha256_generic.ko INSTALL crypto/sha512_generic.ko INSTALL crypto/xor.ko INSTALL drivers/ata/ahci.ko INSTALL drivers/block/pktcdvd.ko INSTALL drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2.ko INSTALL drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.ko INSTALL drivers/md/dm-bbr.ko INSTALL drivers/md/md-mod.ko INSTALL drivers/md/raid0.ko INSTALL drivers/md/raid1.ko INSTALL drivers/md/raid10.ko INSTALL drivers/md/raid456.ko INSTALL drivers/net/dummy.ko INSTALL drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.ko INSTALL drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.ko INSTALL drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko INSTALL drivers/scsi/scsi_wait_scan.ko INSTALL drivers/video/backlight/backlight.ko INSTALL drivers/video/backlight/lcd.ko INSTALL drivers/video/output.ko INSTALL fs/fat/fat.ko INSTALL fs/jfs/jfs.ko INSTALL fs/msdos/msdos.ko INSTALL fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko INSTALL fs/vfat/vfat.ko INSTALL fs/xfs/xfs.ko INSTALL lib/libcrc32c.ko INSTALL net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MASQUERADE.ko INSTALL net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.ko INSTALL net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat.ko INSTALL sound/ac97_bus.ko INSTALL sound/core/oss/snd-mixer-oss.ko INSTALL sound/core/oss/snd-pcm-oss.ko INSTALL sound/core/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko INSTALL sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko INSTALL sound/core/seq/snd-seq-midi-event.ko INSTALL sound/core/seq/snd-seq.ko INSTALL sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko INSTALL sound/core/snd-pcm.ko INSTALL sound/core/snd-rtctimer.ko INSTALL sound/core/snd-timer.ko INSTALL sound/core/snd.ko INSTALL sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko INSTALL sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko INSTALL sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko INSTALL sound/soundcore.ko DEPMOD 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 Is it possible that the module md is known as md-mod in gentoo? Thanks! Charles > > > Also, you might need to generate a mdadm.conf ... > > $ echo 'DEVICE partitions' > mdadm.conf > $ mdadm --examine --scan --config=mdadm.conf >> ./mdadm.conf > > And on debian this would start all those in the config file: > > $ /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid start > > Good luck, > -Bart > > -- > WebSig: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/sig/<http://www.jukie.net/%7Ebart/sig/> > -- Charles Nadeau Ph.D. http://charlesnadeau.blogspot.com/ http://radio.weblogs.com/0111823/