Bug#385017: mdadm: warning about initrd while I don't use initrd

[martin f krafft]

tags 385017 confirmed
thanks

also sprach Paul Slootman <paul at debian.org> [2006.08.28.1655 +0200]:
> Firstly, it's not clear where I specified this... I now see (upon manual
> inspection of the debconf-show output, which reportbug somehow failed to
> obtain) that I at some point apparently had entered it (I can't recall
> this, BTW).  Here's the debconf-show output:
> 
> $ debconf-show mdadm
> debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open
> /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
> * mdadm/autostart: false
>   mdadm/autocheck: true
> * mdadm/warning:
>   mdadm/mail_to: root
>   mdadm/initrdstart: /dev/md3

without the asterisk, this means you did not actually see the
question due to your debconf priority.

Aye. My fault.

> Perhaps the /proc/cmdline info could be queried? Mine contains:
>     root=/dev/md3 ro vga=6
> No hint of an initrd there.
>
> Additionally the further output is a bit confusing:
> 
>     W: unable to determine MD arrays needed for boot.
>     W: falling back to starting all of them...

This is something I can definitely address by differentiating
between the when the user chooses to ignore the fact that the array
cannot be found in the config, and the system running in such a way
that it just simply failed.

Anyway, the problem is not as easy as it may sound as I have no
reliable way to find out whether no initrds are being used. In case
there is one used, I have to prepare for it.

Do you think that it would be enough if I added a statement to the
question of whether it's okay to go on even though the array is not
listed in the configuration file if kernel autostart is being used?

Other than that, I don't really know what to do, especially since
I explicitly state that mdadm.conf is now required in multiple
places. I realise that's painful for people who use kernel
autostart, but there's really no other way.

>     Starting MD monitoring service: mdadm --monitor.
>     Assembling MD arrays...done (disabled in /etc/default/mdadm).
> 
> As the assembling is disabled, why first say you're going to assemble...
> and then say "done".

I'll have to ponder about this. There are three scripts involved:
postinst, config, init. Each is trying to be smarter than the other
two. :)

Please confirm that other than this being a nuisance, your system
still works and mdadm installs properly.

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