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Hi Scott<BR>
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It is actually a bug well reported on the ubuntu forums.<BR>
I dont even have a raid array on this machine .. or I dont think so ... I want to get rid of this mdadm stuff if I can<BR>
I'll try your suggestion first....<BR>
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I'll be back<BR>
E<BR>
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On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 13:25 +0900, scott wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi E,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">What was the mdadm error? Sounds like you have an RAID mirror or array</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">set up.. Can you boot off a live CD and check the status of your array</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">doing something like:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">mdadm --misc --detail /dev/md0</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">LVM shouldnt be a problem, I use it on top of raid all the time..</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Cheers,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Scott VanDusen</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Stuck in Tokyo</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:17 +1200, Edouard Chalaron wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Thanks for that Jamie,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> however I dont get a root shell, and dont even have a /usr/share</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> directory .. it looks bad to me....</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Cheers</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> E</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:02 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote: </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > I am F....G furious</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > I know about "at my own risk" open source stuff, however, I just</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > upgraded an AMD to Feisty and TADA ..... doesnot boot thanks to a mdadm</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > story... Device doesnot exist blababla,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > I have LVM on this machine..... is it the conflict ?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Now after 2 more hours on the net I found that I need to modify the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > init scripts but as usual the answer is not complete and does not say</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > where to find the init scripts on ubuntu ..</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Any help appreciated before I go to DSE and get VISTA ..... just kidding</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > E</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > A quick Google of +feisty +mdadm gives the following that might help:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > <A HREF="http://www.meta.net.nz/~daniel/blog/2007/04/12/feisty-fawn-and-software-raid/">http://www.meta.net.nz/~daniel/blog/2007/04/12/feisty-fawn-and-software-raid/</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
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