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silvik

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From: Bucharest/Romania

Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 110

mdadm update - failed but working

I upgraded mdadm to version 3.1.1-1 today. When the system boots up I get "Assembling RAID arrays FAILED".
But looks like the arrays are assembled ok, everything else works. (Configuration files are the same as usual, raid modules specified in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf etc)

So what's with that FAILED message? Do I have to worry?

greenunix

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Registered: 2010-01-01

Posts: 5

Re: mdadm update - failed but working

Hi first post

I have the same problem after the update. During boot the "assembling raid arrays" step fails however when I check the array after boot there are no problems and I can access it just fine

silvik

Member

From: Bucharest/Romania

Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 110

Re: mdadm update - failed but working

looks like archers don't use raid that much...
anyway, I found this on flyspray: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16373?pr … ring=mdadm

Ultraman

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Registered: 2009-12-24

Posts: 242

Re: mdadm update - failed but working

I'm using it on multiple systems. Currently mdadm v2.6.9, but 3.1.1 seems to have hit stable.
Wondering if it is safe to upgrade... I think I'll wait a until next week, I can't afford to break my system atm.
But I dont see many other topics concerning mdadm, or people reporting here. If there aren't any reports, it often indicates it's safe to upgrade.

[Edit]
Seems there are people having some issues: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=90415

Last edited by Ultraman (2010-02-08 15:40:17)