Hi
Will the raidtools recognize that there is only one device?
I think, he wants to set up raid only on one disk for testing.
Greetings, Dietmar
m. allan noah wrote:
>
> you dont want to do this. the raid code wont let you IIRC.
> raid is for spreading your data across multiple drives, for data security
> and speed. you cannot build a raid array on a single disk. buy more disks.
>
> allan
>
> "so don't tell us it can't be done, putting down what you don't know.
> money isn't our god, integrity will free our souls" - Max Cavalera
>
> On Fri, 14 May 1999, Robert (Drew) Norman wrote:
>
> >
> > I can not get raidtools-0.90 to work. I have attempted everything I know
> > to do. I have used the raidtools-0.50 before with no problems. I am
> > running the following:
> >
> > Redhat Linux 6.0 with 2.2.8 recompiled kernel.
> > 448MB RAM
> > raidtools-0.90
> > I have a IBM 9GB drive split into 3 partitions of equal size.
> >
> > Here is my raidtab:
> >
> >
> > raiddev /dev/md0
> > raid-level 0
> > nr-raid-disks 3
> > nr-spare-disks 0
> > chunk-size 16
> >
> > # persistent-superblock 0
> > device /dev/sdb1
> > raid-disk 0
> > device /dev/sdb2
> > raid-disk 1
> > device /dev/sdb3
> > raid-disk 2
> >
> >
> > [root@dnorman-pc /root]# mkraid -f /dev/md0
> > DESTROYING the contents of /dev/md0 in 5 seconds, Ctrl-C if unsure!
> > handling MD device /dev/md0
> > analyzing super-block
> > disk 0: /dev/sdb1, 2811343kB, raid superblock at 2811264kB
> > disk 1: /dev/sdb2, 2811375kB, raid superblock at 2811264kB
> > disk 2: /dev/sdb3, 2811375kB, raid superblock at 2811264kB
> > mkraid: aborted
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the help.
> > --Drew Norman
> >
> >
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