Hi! I have an software raid installation (md_dX type) and i am wondering what is the procedure for kernel update... is the initrd auto-magicaly rebuild? Thank you, Adrian -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3110 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091111/9cf85e21/attachment-0003.bin>
Lucian @ lastdot.org
2009-Nov-11 11:21 UTC
[CentOS] software raid :: kernel update procedure
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Adrian Sevcenco <Adrian.Sevcenco at cern.ch> wrote:> Hi! I have an software raid installation (md_dX type) and i am wondering > what is the procedure for kernel update... is the initrd auto-magicaly > rebuild? > > Thank you, > Adrian > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >Yep, as long as you are using the stock kernels, you should be safe. I use linux raid a lot and haven't had a problem. Just yum update and you're ready to go (if you upgrade from/to minor version be sure to read the release notes and erratas).
On 11-Nov-2009 Adrian Sevcenco wrote:> Hi! I have an software raid installation (md_dX type) and i am wondering > what is the procedure for kernel update... is the initrd auto-magicaly > rebuild?Yes. As part of kernel.rpm 's postinstall script. You can verify the initrd by looking at /boot/initrd-2.6.X-XXXXX.img (roughly): gzip -dc initrd.....img > /tmp/temp.img mount -o loop /tmp/temp.img /mnt cat /mnt/init umount /mnt -Philip