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Re: [Xen-users] Centos + Xen 3.0 + Root on md = bad

To: larsks.21230602@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Centos + Xen 3.0 + Root on md = bad
From: Steven Ellis <mail_lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:25:24 +1300
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larsks.21230602@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I had the same problem. Fixed it with compiling the RAID modules
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>> in (CONFIG_MD_*).
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> Taneli,
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>
>
> Thanks for the information.
>
>
>
> That gives me two other questions:
>
>
>
> (1) This is for the folks at Xensource responsible for the binary distribution
> -- if md support under Xen requires the md drivers to be compiled into the
> kernel, why does the binary distribution from Xensource have them built as
> modules?
>
>
>
> (2) I've tried adding mdadm to the initrd, and it complains that
> /dev/md0 and /dev/md1 don't exist.  In fact, they *do* exist on the initrd
> filesystem *prior* to starting udev; after udev starts I'm not positive 
> (didn't
> have much time to fiddle with it this morning).  Even running mdadm with 
> --auto=yes
> fails to create the device nodes.  *Should* this work?  Or is it simply not
> possible to use the md drivers built as modules under the Xen kernel?
>
>   
I've been running Centos 4.x with Xen 2.0.7 and md raid1 based root
partitions for a while now. A couple of tips.

1. Double check that the Xen supplied kernel has all of the other
modules you need. It was missing the modules for the extra PCI IDE cards
I use.

2. Make your own initrd using the supplied mkinitrd command. It should
sort out all of the module and raid issues. Couldn't ever boot with the
Xen supplied initrd files if I had raid partitions.

I'll be interested to hear how you go as I haven't upgraded my Xen 2.0.7
environment yet as for the moment it is quite stable and I don't want
the downtime. Perhaps in the new year.

Steve

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