Dear Alvin,
>>>>> On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 22:44:54 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED](Alvin Oga) said:
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> hi "raiders"...
>
> i recently changed my raid5 box that was running on debian-2.2
> into a new atx case.... new linux-2.2.16...etc.e.tc...
> -
> - its in a 1U raid5 box... worlds first ??
> -
>
> seems like mkraid does various different things ???
> some mkraid works and other versions dont...
>
> takamura-san, try a different mkraid... ??
> mkraid that came with your linux distro
> - mkraid from raidtools-0.90
> - mkraid from raidtools-0.41..
Thank you for your suggestion, but where can I find 0.41?
ftp://ftp.fi.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/raid/alpha/
has only 0.90.
> my raid5 problem could be a flaky sdc drive.... since it keeps disappearing
> randomly ....and forces a degraded mode... ( have no spare drives either )
> am doing a tests for...
> dd if=/Raid5/1_GB_file.txt of=/Raid5/test/1.x
> dd if=/Raid5/1_GB_file.txt of=/Raid5/test/2.x
> diff /Raid5/test/1.x /Raid5/test/2.x
>
> - if it crashes...at least i can just rebuild the 1U raid5 box
Well, when the raid gets to work I'll try this.
Takamura
Seishi Takamura, Dr.Eng.
NTT Cyber Space Laboratories
Y517A 1-1 Hikarino-Oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239-0847 Japan
Tel: +81 468 59 2371, Fax: +81 468 59 2829
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
