Re: RAID1 experiences

1999-02-14 Thread Brian Leeper
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Chris Price wrote: > So Micheal, WHERE IS THIS BLOODY INFO DOCUMENTED?? HUH Do we > need to wait until you or some other 'sage' member of this group decides > to bless us with their info, or will you guys start making some half-assed > docs? (hey, I already have i

Re: mkraid /dev/mdx fails with superblock problems

1999-02-14 Thread m. allan noah
i consistently get active inode messages trying to mkraid under 2.0.36 i have solved this two ways. 1. i found that one of the december 2.0.35 patches worked fine under mkraid. i used 2.0.35 to install the raids, then upgraded to .36 after (upgraded the raidtools as well) 2. once or twice, if

Re: mkraid /dev/mdx fails with superblock problems

1999-02-14 Thread Tom Brown
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Till Mommsen wrote: > Hello again, > > got a problem again (Kernel 2.0.36 with the raid0145-19990128-2.0.36, > raidtools 0.9): > What happened so far: > Installed Linux on sda1-6, patched the Kernel, installed RAID Tools, > realized that RAID has to be set up from a diff

mkraid /dev/mdx fails with superblock problems

1999-02-14 Thread Till Mommsen
Hello again, got a problem again (Kernel 2.0.36 with the raid0145-19990128-2.0.36, raidtools 0.9): What happened so far: Installed Linux on sda1-6, patched the Kernel, installed RAID Tools, realized that RAID has to be set up from a different disk, therefore attached an old DIE disk, moved in

AW: RAID1 experiences

1999-02-14 Thread Till Mommsen
Hi Chris, maybe this is the sort of feedback you are looking for. Quick info on my profile: quite exp. Windows Sys Admin, converting to Linux. No Linux experience until recently. Had to set up a Server, RAID1 was a "must". Had to struggle my way through command lines etc. and am doing this now f

Re: RAID1 experiences

1999-02-14 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 11:42:47PM -0600, Chris Price wrote: > > Is anyone in the "linux-raid community" being paid to do research work > > for redhat? If so, they should probably keep redhat informed. If not, I > > think it's fair to expect redhat to do their own work. > > Are you daft, or

Re: Linux failover raid system? (FAQ?)

1999-02-14 Thread Joachim Zobel
At 16:37 12.02.99 +0100, you wrote: >Hi there. > >First of all, I have been looking through a lot of documents today - I am >sorry if I missed one that covers my question - please point it to me if >that is the case. Maybe http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/linux-ha/High-Availability-HOWTO.ht

Re: RAID1 experiences - patches

1999-02-14 Thread Hardware Stuff
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Re: RAID1 experiences -docs

1999-02-14 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya "raid gurus" I've collected some docs of lastest/raid docs stuff think about 2 or three people posted their versions... ( unfortunately I did not keep copies from before ) I made my version too so that I can remember what I did to get my stuff running... - yes..am willing to help documen

Re: RAID1 experiences

1999-02-14 Thread Chris Price
So Micheal, WHERE IS THIS BLOODY INFO DOCUMENTED?? HUH Do we need to wait until you or some other 'sage' member of this group decides to bless us with their info, or will you guys start making some half-assed docs? (hey, I already have in my own small way, see my RAID1 cookbook of a

Re: RAID1 experiences - patches

1999-02-14 Thread Chris Price
> As for notifying redhatI'd suggest sending the raid announcements > and stuff to someone's attention and they might redirect it to the > right people etc... ??? ( so it'd be in their hands - what they do > is a separate issue ) > > have fun > alvin I agree wholeheartedly. A smal

Re: RAID1 experiences

1999-02-14 Thread Chris Price
> Is anyone in the "linux-raid community" being paid to do research work > for redhat? If so, they should probably keep redhat informed. If not, I > think it's fair to expect redhat to do their own work. > > Mike Stone > Are you daft, or were you drunk when you wrote this... Saying th