apt-get install linux-image-extra getting "W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays."
When installing:
sudo apt-get install \
linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) \
linux-image-extra-virtual
I am getting:
W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
I found that someone else has had a similar issue: apt-get update mdadm scary warnings
So I followed the instructions:
/usr/share/mdadm/mkconf > /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
Then:
update-initramfs -u
But the output is:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-30-generic
W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-9.20160110ubuntu5-amd64:core-9.20160110ubuntu5-noarch:security-9.20160110ubuntu5-amd64:security-9.20160110ubuntu5-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 17.04
Release: 17.04
Codename: zesty
vim /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
# mdadm.conf
#
# Please refer to mdadm.conf(5) for information about this file.
#
# by default (built-in), scan all partitions (/proc/partitions) and all
# containers for MD superblocks. alternatively, specify devices to scan, using
# wildcards if desired.
#DEVICE partitions containers
# automatically tag new arrays as belonging to the local system
HOMEHOST <system>
# instruct the monitoring daemon where to send mail alerts
MAILADDR root
# definitions of existing MD arrays
# This configuration was auto-generated on Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:23:15 +0000 by mkconf
/etc/fstab
LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs / ext4 defaults 0 0
/var/swap.1 swap swap defaults 0 0
I think this started happening after I added:
/var/swap.1 swap swap defaults 0 0
Is there something else I need to do?
I am running a VM with the help of Vagrant.
UPDATE 1
I found another similar question to mine": https://askubuntu.com/questions/834903/i-dont-have-a-raid-but-get-the-warning-mdadm-conf-defines-no-arrays
I added:
ARRAY <ignore> devices=/dev/sda1
I added 1 at the end because I don't have /dev/sda
stand alone.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 473M 0 473M 0% /dev
tmpfs 97M 3.1M 94M 4% /run
/dev/sda1 19G 4.8G 15G 26% /
tmpfs 483M 0 483M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
tmpfs 483M 0 483M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
vagrant_ 384G 48G 337G 13% /vagrant
vagrant_www_ 384G 48G 337G 13% /vagrant/www
tmpfs 97M 0 97M 0% /run/user/1000
I am doing this right? What does this do?
The warnings to have gone away.
This warning is normal. Ignore it.
update-initramfs
needs to figure out what kernel modules will be needed to boot your system. In this case, it's checking whether the RAID modules will be needed, by running mdadm
to check whether your root filesystem is on a RAID array. Since you don't have any RAID arrays at all, mdadm
prints a warning -- but this is OK, because update-initramfs
has found what it needed to know.
Regarding your update, you should be using /dev/sda
. /dev/sda1
refers to a disk partition, while /dev/sda
refers to the physical disk itself. Try running the lsblk
tool and judging by the output you posted from df -h
, you should get something along the lines of:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 19G 0 disk
└─sda1 8:1 0 19G 0 disk /
RAID arrays can be split into separate partitions so they are treated as functionally identical to physical devices.