> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl L. Roy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 7:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: mkraid aborting without any useful information
>
> 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.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> 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 --force /dev/md0
I'm sure you meant mkraid --force /dev/md0 and not that "other" thing,
becuase you RTFM before you posted, right? :)
> 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.
Can you post /proc/mdstat? You should also check the output of dmesg to see
whether or not it's loading the RAID stuff properly.
Greg
Greg
