On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:36:02PM +0200, Moritz Naumann wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Robert Millan wrote: > > Please try: > > > > mdadm -D -b /dev/md0 > > mdadm -D /dev/md0 > > > debby:~# mdadm -D -b /dev/md0 > > ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=1 spares=1 > > UUID=b36bed37:7b1ca284:5f985e7d:0ec83b51 > > > debby:~# mdadm -D /dev/md0 > > /dev/md0: > > Version : 00.90.03 > > Creation Time : Thu Jun 16 19:10:19 2005 > > Raid Level : raid1 > > Array Size : 192640 (188.16 MiB 197.26 MB) > > Used Dev Size : 192640 (188.16 MiB 197.26 MB) > > Raid Devices : 1 > > Total Devices : 2 > > Preferred Minor : 0 > > Persistence : Superblock is persistent > > > > Update Time : Mon Jul 28 22:24:03 2008 > > State : clean > > Active Devices : 1 > > Working Devices : 2 > > Failed Devices : 0 > > Spare Devices : 1 > > > > UUID : b36bed37:7b1ca284:5f985e7d:0ec83b51 > > Events : 0.12672 > > > > Number Major Minor RaidDevice State > > 0 254 5 0 active sync /dev/dm-5 > > > > 1 254 2 - spare /dev/dm-2 > > debby:~# > > I'm aware this is a silly configuration, 1 active device 1 spare with a > total of two devices. So, while this configuration neither gives me > redundancy nor speedy access it is still a perfectly legal configuration > as per mdraid. I didn't think of wheter or not this could be the cause > of the grub problems until now.
I think the usual thing to find in that output are physical devices instead of /dev/dm-X. What other special things are in your setup that we should know about? Are you using LVM / EVMS or something like that? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]