Subject: Re: Software RAID
From: Bryn Hughes (linux@mail.cbodycentral.net)
Date: Thu May 31 2001 - 09:38:51 MDT
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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