Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives. --RESOLVED

2007-07-16 Thread David Greaves
James wrote: I don't know the original order of the array before all the problems started. Is there a way to determine the original order? No, unless you have some old kernel logs of the last time it assembled the array properly. The one thing that "--create" does destroy is the information

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives. --RESOLVED

2007-07-16 Thread David Greaves
James wrote: I don't know the original order of the array before all the problems started. Is there a way to determine the original order? No, unless you have some old kernel logs of the last time it assembled the array properly. The one thing that --create does destroy is the information

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives. --RESOLVED

2007-07-12 Thread James
> > > > I don't know the original order of the array before all the problems started. > > > > Is there a way to determine the original order? > > No, unless you have some old kernel logs of the last time it assembled > the array properly. > The one thing that "--create" does destroy is the

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread Neil Brown
On Thursday July 12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I don't know the original order of the array before all the problems started. > > Is there a way to determine the original order? No, unless you have some old kernel logs of the last time it assembled the array properly. The one thing that

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread James
On Thu July 12 2007 5:48 pm, you wrote: > On Thursday July 12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > []# > > mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --assume-clean --level=raid5 --raid-devices=4 --spare-devices=0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 > > > snip > > > > Number Major Minor

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread Neil Brown
On Thursday July 12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > []# > mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --assume-clean --level=raid5 > --raid-devices=4 --spare-devices=0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 > snip > > Number Major Minor RaidDevice State >0 8 170

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread Phil Turmel
James wrote: [snip /] On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 08:49:15AM -0500, James wrote: I've tried a few cautions things to bring the array back up with the three good drives with no luck. [snip /] mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --assume-clean --level=raid5 --raid-devices=4 --spare-devices=0

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread James
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 08:49:15AM -0500, James wrote: > > My apologies if this is not the correct forum. If there is a better place to > > post this please advise. > > > > > > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 #1 Mon Sep 11 01:17:06 EDT 2006 > > i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > >

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 08:49:15AM -0500, James wrote: > My apologies if this is not the correct forum. If there is a better place to > post this please advise. > > > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 #1 Mon Sep 11 01:17:06 EDT 2006 > i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > (I was planning

Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread James
My apologies if this is not the correct forum. If there is a better place to post this please advise. Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 #1 Mon Sep 11 01:17:06 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux (I was planning to upgrade to FC7 this weekend, but that is currently on hold because-)

Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread James
My apologies if this is not the correct forum. If there is a better place to post this please advise. Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 #1 Mon Sep 11 01:17:06 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux (I was planning to upgrade to FC7 this weekend, but that is currently on hold because-)

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 08:49:15AM -0500, James wrote: My apologies if this is not the correct forum. If there is a better place to post this please advise. Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 #1 Mon Sep 11 01:17:06 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux (I was planning to

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread James
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 08:49:15AM -0500, James wrote: My apologies if this is not the correct forum. If there is a better place to post this please advise. Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 #1 Mon Sep 11 01:17:06 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux (I was

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread Phil Turmel
James wrote: [snip /] On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 08:49:15AM -0500, James wrote: I've tried a few cautions things to bring the array back up with the three good drives with no luck. [snip /] mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --assume-clean --level=raid5 --raid-devices=4 --spare-devices=0

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread Neil Brown
On Thursday July 12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: []# mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --assume-clean --level=raid5 --raid-devices=4 --spare-devices=0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 snip Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 170

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread Neil Brown
On Thursday July 12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know the original order of the array before all the problems started. Is there a way to determine the original order? No, unless you have some old kernel logs of the last time it assembled the array properly. The one thing that

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives.

2007-07-12 Thread James
On Thu July 12 2007 5:48 pm, you wrote: On Thursday July 12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: []# mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --assume-clean --level=raid5 --raid-devices=4 --spare-devices=0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 snip Number Major Minor RaidDevice

Re: Problem recovering a failed RIAD5 array with 4-drives. --RESOLVED

2007-07-12 Thread James
I don't know the original order of the array before all the problems started. Is there a way to determine the original order? No, unless you have some old kernel logs of the last time it assembled the array properly. The one thing that --create does destroy is the information