Problem: I compiled RAID patches properly into the recent 2.2.15 kernel. I
have TWO IDE controllers (Promise & HPT366). 2 drives attached to the HPT366
(10.1 gb IBMs), 3 drives attached to the Promise (3 x IBM 25.1 gb).
I successfully created /dev/md0 with the 2 x 10.1 gb drives.
When ataching the 3x25 gb drives to the Promise controller, and restarting
the system, everytime, md wants to take possession of these drives, thus
making it impossible for me to use fdisk to actually format them properly
(they are unformatted).
When trying to use fdisk, I get 'unable to open /dev/hdx1'.
By checking the syslog, it claims that these new drives are part of
/dev/md0.
My raidtab definition doesn't even mention these drives (hdj, hdk, hdl), and
ONLY has entries for the existing raided drives (hdg1, hdh1).
Regardless what I do, I can't 'disconnect' these drives, or disable the RAID
mechanism at all. Any help with this will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Harry
