Template: mdadm/initrdstart Type: string Default: all _Description: MD arrays needed for the root filesystem: ${msg} . Please enter a space-separated list of devices, 'all', or 'none'. You may omit the leading '/dev/' and just enter e.g. "md0 md1", or "md/1 md/d0". Template: mdadm/initrdstart_msg_intro Type: text _Description: for internal use - only the long description is needed. If your system has its root filesystem on an MD array (RAID), it needs to be started early during the boot sequence. If your root filesystem is on a logical volume (LVM), which is on MD, all constituent arrays need to be started. . If you know exactly which arrays are needed to bring up the root filesystem, and you want to postpone starting all other arrays to a later point in the boot sequence, enter the arrays to start here. Alternatively, enter 'all' to simply start all available arrays. . If you do not need or want to start any arrays for the root filesystem, leave the answer blank (or enter 'none'). This may be the case if you are using kernel autostart or do not need any arrays to boot. Template: mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errexist Type: text _Description: An error occurred: device node does not exist Template: mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errblock Type: text _Description: An error occurred: not a block device Template: mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errmd Type: text _Description: An error occurred: not an MD array Template: mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errconf Type: text _Description: An error occurred: array not listed in mdadm.conf file Template: mdadm/initrdstart_notinconf Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Proceed with starting arrays not listed in mdadm.conf? The array you have specified (${array}) is not listed in the configuration file ${config}. Therefore it cannot be started during boot, unless you correct the configuration file and recreate the initial ramdisk. . Please refer to /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.upgrading-2.5.3.gz if you intend to continue. . This warning is only relevant if you need arrays to be started from the initial ramdisk to be able to boot. If you use kernel autostarting, or do not need any arrays to be started as early as the initial ramdisk is loaded, you can simply continue. Alternatively, choose not to continue and enter 'none' when prompted which arrays to start from the initial ramdisk. Template: mdadm/autostart Type: boolean Default: true _Description: Do you want to start MD arrays automatically? Once the base system has come up, mdadm can start all MD arrays (RAIDs) specified in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf, which have not yet been started. Unless you have compiled multiple device (MD) support into the kernel and marked all partitions part of MD arrays with type 0xfd (as those and only those will be started automatically by the kernel), this is probably what you want. Template: mdadm/autocheck Type: boolean Default: true _Description: Should mdadm run monthly redundancy checks of the MD arrays? If your kernel supports it (>> 2.6.14), mdadm can periodically check the redundancy of your MD arrays (RAIDs). This may be a resource-intensive process, depending on your setup, but it could help prevent rare cases of data loss. Note that this is a read-only check unless errors are found; if errors are found, mdadm will try to correct them, which may result in write access to the media. . The default, if turned on, is to run the checks on the first Sunday of every month at 01:06 o'clock. Template: mdadm/start_daemon Type: boolean Default: true _Description: Do you want to start the MD monitoring daemon? The MD (RAID) monitor daemon sends email notifications in response to important MD events (such as a disk failure). You probably want to enable it. Template: mdadm/mail_to Type: string Default: root _Description: Recipient for email notifications: Please enter the email address of the user who should get the email notification for important MD events.