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Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time

From	László Böszörményi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.boot
Subject	Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time
Date	2022-07-30 15:40 +0200
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Hi all,

On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 1:50 PM Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> wrote:
> whats the status of dmraid? Do you have dmraid hardware or is this
> merely on life-support?
 Please note dmraid upstream is dead for more than ten years. I might
find an old i386 hardware that needs it.
But yes, it's only on life-support.

> * Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>:
> > What would you say about this? Even if d-i would not need it anymore, we
> > would need work to drop the dependency chain via
> > libblockdev/udisks2/gnome-control-center.
 Do these have real use of dmraid, tested from time to time at least?

> I'm wondering if we should remove dmraid support from the d-i as a
> first step. AFAICT Intel Software RAID is supported by mdraid, not
> sure if the other RAID platforms are still sold.
 Sounds like a good idea. This will show users early Debian doesn't
plan to ship it anymore.

> If its gone from di-i, at least no new installs can spring into
> existence "by accident", i.e. where mdraid would have been the
> better choice.
 Exactly.

Regards,
Laszlo/GCS

Thread

Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2022-07-30 14:00 +0200
  Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time László Böszörményi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org> - 2022-07-30 15:40 +0200
    Re: Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2022-08-02 23:20 +0200
      Re: Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time László Böszörményi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org> - 2022-08-03 19:20 +0200
      Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2022-08-04 18:50 +0200

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