On 09/29/2017 11:09 PM, DocMAX wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > I don't want to replace the drive. I want to remove. > > Also tried in degraded mode. I get the exact same error.
Did you removed the disk before mounting (physically or doing echo 1 >/sys/block/xxx/device/delete)? Which steps you performed ? > > I'm not sure but i think i formated the drive on Kernel 4.11. This shouldn't matter > > I am on Kernel 4.13 now. Ok, it is quite recently > > > I have the bad feeling that i will never get rid of that small drive unless i > re-format. No, it should not be necessary. > > > > Am 29.09.2017 um 23:04 schrieb Goffredo Baroncelli: >> On 09/29/2017 10:00 PM, Dirk Diggler wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> is there any chance to get my device removed? >> I simulated a device removing in KVM with >> >> echo 1 >/sys/block/sdj/device/delete >> >> then >> >> btrfs dev del 6 /mnt/.... >> >> >> And I got success. But I am not sure if this is the right thing todo. >> >> You can use "btrfs replace start -r ....". But you need another device. >> >> Otherwise, you can shutdown the filesystem, removing (physically) the disk >> then remount with a "mount -o degraded ...." followed by a "btrfs dev del >> missing /..." >> Before doing so, please tell us which kernel you are using. >> >> RAID5/6 until few months ago has a lot of bugs, so if you have an old kernel >> it is very difficult to remove a device with success. >> > > -- gpg @keyserver.linux.it: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijackATinwind.it> Key fingerprint BBF5 1610 0B64 DAC6 5F7D 17B2 0EDA 9B37 8B82 E0B5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
