On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:18:11AM +1000, Adam Conrad wrote: > Antonio Prioglio wrote: > > > > You need to leave the block 0 alone and start the partitions > > on block 1. > > > > It is a known issue on sparcs. > > It's my understanding that SILO needs to be installed to a partition > that begins on cylinder 0, or it won't boot. Regardless, I fail to see > how this could be affecting a RAID on partitions later on the disks.
Which kernel version are you using? IIRC there are bugs in 2.4.18 WRT the md code. When I had md working on sparc (I no longer use md) I believe I got it working with 2.4.21, so any recent kernel should do. My Ultra 60 is currently running 2.4.25+debian+ben's patches and it seems to be happy. Good luck, -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] No. > Should I include quotations after my reply?