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-rw-r--r--gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm b/gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm
index 2a0706e50b..ce0a78a2ad 100644
--- a/gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm
@@ -135,12 +135,16 @@ TARGET (e.g., \"/dev/md0\"), using 'mdadm'."
(use-modules (srfi srfi-1) (ice-9 format))
(let ((sources '#$sources))
- (let loop ()
+ (let loop ((attempts 0))
(unless (every file-exists? sources)
+ (when (> attempts 20)
+ (error "RAID devices did not show up; bailing out"
+ sources))
+
(format #t "waiting for RAID source devices~{ ~a~}...~%"
sources)
(sleep 1)
- (loop)))
+ (loop (+ 1 attempts))))
(zero? (system* (string-append #$mdadm "/sbin/mdadm")
"--assemble" #$target sources)))))