RE: Software RAID


Subject: RE: Software RAID
From: Bryn Hughes (linux@mail.cbodycentral.net)
Date: Sat Jun 02 2001 - 12:22:49 MDT


Okay, my bad... I had (incorrectly) assumed that the 2.2.19 kernel already
had the 0.90 RAID patches installed... it only has 0.34. After installing
the RAID patches correctly, everything started up great! =)

Bryn

At 10:34 AM 5/31/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Bryn:
>
>Could you please post your /etc/raidtab file
>
>Barry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryn Hughes [SMTP:linux@mail.cbodycentral.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 10:39 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: Software RAID
>
> Yep, I just did that yesterday, no difference. Partition types are
> "Linux RAID Autodetect". (partition type fd)
>
> Bryn
>
> >Bryn Hughes wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi there everyone,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to get a software RAID array up and running. I've
> >> followed the HOWTO on the Linux Documentation Project page,
>including
> >> compiling my kernel with the RAID patches installed.
>/proc/mdstat
> >> shows my RAID personalities are registered. I'm using kernel
>2.2.19
> >> from kernel.org with the raid options compiled as modules.
> >>
> >> When I run /sbin/mkraid /dev/md0 I get:
> >>
> >> handling MD device /dev/md0
> >> analyzing super-block
> >> disk 0: /dev/hdb2, 3911827kB, raid superblock at 3911744kB
> >> disk 1: /dev/hdc4, 5245222kB, raid superblock at 5245120kB
> >> disk 2: /dev/hdd1, 4209376kB, raid superblock at 4209280kB
> >> mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential
>clues.
> >
> >Have you used fdisk to make your disks linux raid types before
>issuing
> >the mkraid command ?
> >
> >
> >cheers
> >
> >Tim
>
>
> --



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