Questions tagged [rootfs]
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Linux rootfs array randomly fails to assemble
I have a machine running Arch x86_64 2.6.30.
It's root is set on a raid5 array automatically mounted under /dev/md0.
This is done via the kernel params as follows:
kernel /vmlinuz26 md=0,/dev/sda3,/dev/sdb3,/dev/sdc3…

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Linux (FC14/i386) is raid1 intact after hot fs install? How to repair?
My older (FC11) install had reached EOL, and I tried to reinstall FC14 on its RAID1 root filesystem.
I'm now having suspicions that now, after the install FS is not fully raided. The question is if this is suspicion is true, and if so, how to fix…

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Debian - resize root ext3 partition on remote system
I want to resize (shrink) root ext3 fs partition of remote Debian 5.0 system. There is no LVM.
Is it possible without using a livecd? E.g. via custom initrd.img.
And second problem - Can I instuct grub to use different options only at first next…

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How can I run Linux from RAM only
Possible Duplicate:
Copy OS to tmpfs from initramfs
I am putting together a new server with 64GB of RAM and I would like to copy the whole Linux OS into RAM from the disk and run the operating system solely from RAM.
How can I do this?

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