> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Manning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 11:21 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: mkraid did not work !!
>
>
> [ Monday, February 7, 2000 ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I did install the raid like it is described at
> > http://ostenfeld.dk/~jakob/Software-RAID.HOWTO/ with patch
> and latest
> > raid-tools. After editing /etc/raidtab like sample with raid1
> > I do:
> > # mkraid /dev/md0
> > disk 0: /dev/sdb1, 8956209kB, raid superblock at 8956209kB
> > disk 1: /dev/sdd1, 8956209kB, raid superblock at 8956209kB
> > mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for
> potential clues
> >
> > # cat /proc/mdstat
> > Personalities: [1 linear] [2 raid0] [3 raid1] [4 raid5]
> > read_ahead not set
> > md0: inactive
> > md1: inactive
> > md2: inactive
> > md3: inactive
>
> This mdstat output shows that you haven't booted a patched kernel
>
> jmm@ns1:/home/jmm> cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities :
> read_ahead not set
> unused devices: <none>
Which are the tell-tale signs? I didn't use the older code, so I can't
recognize that very well. Thanks,
Greg
