I have just installed Mandrake 6.1 with mkraid version 0.90.0. The
Linux kernel that I am running is version 2.2.13-7mdk. When I attempt
to run mkraid, it aborts without returning any useful information.
How can I get more information on the cause of my problem? Here is
some information about my setup and the results that I receive.
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I initially setup the system with Linux installed on a single IDE
drive with two large ext2 filesystems on two scsi drives. I have since
decided to join the two scsi drives using raid. I do not care about
the data that is on them. I have unmounted the filesystems and am
attempting to run mkraid --really-force /dev/md0.
The following is a copy of my /etc/raidtab file.
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 0
nr-raid-disks 2
persistent-superblock 1
chunk-size 4
device /dev/sda1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdb1
raid-disk 1
When I run mkraid, I receive the follow.
# mkraid --really-force /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/sda1, 8956206kB, raid superblock at 8956096kB
disk 1: /dev/sdb1, 8956206kB, raid superblock at 8956096kB
mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues.
#
Of course, I do the obvious. I check the /var/logs/messages file for
clues and /proc/mdstat. Nothing has changed. There is nothing to assist me
with this problem.
So the big question is, "is there a debugging option to mkraid that
will assist me with this problem?"
Carl L. Roy
NDO CCSO UIUC
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
