[1.] One line summary of the problem: cannot assemble md devices under 2.4.x, x=0,1-pre7,1-pre9 [2.] Full description of the problem/report: System: API UP2000 motherboard, running generic 2.4.0 to 2.4.1-pre9 kernel. kernel .config file can be found: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~jjasen1/config.241-p7.txt error messages: <summarised> can be found: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~jjasen1/boot-2.4.0-errs.txt and boot-2.4.1-p7-errs.txt [3.] Keywords: kernel, filesystem, raid, alpha [4.] Kernel version: 2.4.0, 2.4.1-pre7, 2.4.1-pre9 [5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt) No Oops [6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the problem (if possible) none [7.] Environment [7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here) -- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks -- unusual then possibly you have very old versions) version of kernel is incorrect to report problem. System cannot mount drives under 2.4.0 Linux sneaky 2.2.17-RAID-IDE-NFS #5 Tue Nov 7 18:18:22 EST 2000 alpha unknown Kernel modules 2.3.19 Gnu C egcs-2.91.66 Gnu Make 3.78.1 Binutils 2.9.5.0.22 Linux C Library 2.1.3 Dynamic linker ldd (GNU libc) 2.1.3 Procps 2.0.6 Mount 2.10m Net-tools 1.54 Console-tools 0.3.3 Sh-utils 2.0 Modules Loaded lockd sunrpc de4x5 st [7.2] CPU Info: [root@sneaky /root]# more /proc/cpuinfo cpu : Alpha cpu model : EV67 cpu variation : 7 cpu revision : 0 cpu serial number : system type : Nautilus system variation : 0 system revision : 0 system serial number : cycle frequency [Hz] : 598802395 timer frequency [Hz] : 1024.00 page size [bytes] : 8192 phys. address bits : 44 max. addr. space # : 255 BogoMIPS : 1191.18 kernel unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0) user unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0) platform string : SEC UP1100 598 MHz cpus detected : 1 [7.5] [root@sneaky /root]# more /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] read_ahead 1024 sectors md0 : active raid5 hdd1[2] hdc1[1] hdb1[0] hda1[3] 1060096 blocks level 5, 32k c hunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU] md1 : active raid5 hdd3[2] hdc3[1] hdb3[0] hda3[3] 4208896 blocks level 5, 32k c hunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU] md2 : active raid5 hdd5[2] hdc5[1] hdb5[0] hda5[3] 4208768 blocks level 5, 32k c hunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU] md3 : active raid5 hdd6[2] hdc6[1] hdb6[0] hda6[3] 4208768 blocks level 5, 32k c hunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU] md4 : active raid5 hdd7[2] hdc7[1] hdb7[0] hda7[3] 1060096 blocks level 5, 32k c hunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU] unused devices: <none> cat /etc/raidtab: [root@sneaky /root]# more /etc/raidtab raiddev /dev/md0 raid-level 5 nr-raid-disks 3 nr-spare-disks 1 persistent-superblock 1 parity-algorithm left-symmetric chunk-size 32 device /dev/hdb1 raid-disk 0 device /dev/hdc1 raid-disk 1 device /dev/hdd1 raid-disk 2 device /dev/hda1 spare-disk 0 raiddev /dev/md1 raid-level 5 nr-raid-disks 3 nr-spare-disks 1 persistent-superblock 1 parity-algorithm left-symmetric chunk-size 32 device /dev/hdb3 raid-disk 0 device /dev/hdc3 raid-disk 1 device /dev/hdd3 raid-disk 2 device /dev/hda3 spare-disk 0 ... and so forth. [8.] I seem to recall seeing an error just like this in the archives, under -test5 or somesuch, but of course, can't find it now. -- John Jasen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
