mdadm and raid1 problem

[ufocek]

Hi
I have a working server , but when debian is was installed user forgoto put second hdd to server, now I put second hdd and I try configured raid1
OS,debian sarge default kernel 2.6.9

Raid1 I was try with article http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/238

And I have error

pivot_root no such file or directory
/sbin/init/: 429: cannot open dev/console: no such file
Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init!

I fitted on second server according to same article and it was not such problem, identical system, identical kernel

Any ideas?

Regards,

ufocek

[random10]

here is a nice little howto with LiLo and grub configs

[random10]

http://xtronics.com/reference/SATA-R...n-for-2.6.html

[random10]

http://xtronics.com/reference/SATA-R...n-for-2.6.html

[captain7616]

I am assuming that the error is when you start up the box ?


Bear in mind that when you install debian to a drive it sets up grub to look at a certain controller (for eg. /dev/hda1) for bootup, if u move the drive to another controller u need to edit grub to let it know where to boot from, however,
I have found an easy walkthru for adding / creating a raid1 array from a single drive , it helped quite a bit

goto : http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/238