Re: RAID questions

2000-08-08 Thread Danilo Godec
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Adam McKenna wrote: 2) If I do, will it still broken unless I apply the "2.2.16combo" patch? 3) If it will, then how do I resolve the problem with the md.c hunk failing with "2.2.16combo"? If I remember correctly, 2.2.16combo was there to make it possible to use

Re: Where to get uptodate raidtool/kernelpatches (2.2.1x) ?

2000-08-08 Thread Thomas Waldmann
Sure enough, you've got an old version of the RAID code. Hop over to http://people.redhat.com/mingo/raid-patches/ . I've had no problems running Alan Cox's 2.2.17pre13 code with the 2.2.17 patch from Ingo. The raidtools 0.90 that you have should work fine, if you have any concerns just

RE: Problems booting from RAID

2000-08-08 Thread Jane Dawson
Hi, I am tearing my hair out over this stuff (I should have mentioned that I am completely new to not only RAID but Linux in general). This is the first task I have been given in my new job - talk about being thrown in at the deep end! :) I've written to many lists for help with this and

Re: fsck fstab

2000-08-08 Thread Karl-Heinz Herrmann
On 08-Aug-00 octave klaba wrote: I will try to play with next time the server crash. Also maybe it is because of the reconstruction is done in the same time that the fsck. I think you answered your questions. If the raid ist reconstructing and gets changes bu fsck all the time this will slow

Re: fsck fstab

2000-08-08 Thread octave klaba
Hi, raiddev /dev/md0 device /dev/sda2 device /dev/sdb2 /dev/hda6 / ext2defaults1 1 /dev/hda1 /boot ext2defaults1 2 /dev/hda5

Re: fsck fstab

2000-08-08 Thread octave klaba
Hi, I will try to play with next time the server crash. Also maybe it is because of the reconstruction is done in the same time that the fsck. I think you answered your questions. If the raid ist reconstructing and gets changes bu fsck all the time this will slow down. so, something is

disc drive cache

2000-08-08 Thread Kay Salzwedel
Hello, does anybody know how to find out about the size of a (EIDE) drives cache if the company 'lost' the data sheet? Thanks for your time. Kay -- Kay A Salzwedel Heinz Nixdorf Institute University of Paderborn Germany

Set up RAID with one disk already active

2000-08-08 Thread Linux Maillist user
Hi all, I have a up and running web server system with one SCSI 17,5 GB disk, and I'm thinking of putting in a extra 17,5 GB disk and build an RAID-1 array. Questions: * Is there a way of initializing the array without destroying data on the first disk, so that reconstruction is commenced

RE: disc drive cache

2000-08-08 Thread Gregory Leblanc
-Original Message- From: Kay Salzwedel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 5:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: disc drive cache Hello, does anybody know how to find out about the size of a (EIDE) drives cache if the company 'lost' the data sheet?

raid0 vs lvm

2000-08-08 Thread Peter Bartosch
hello, could anybody tell me which of these is quicker (in performance) sorry if this is a FAQ until next mail B-), l8r Peter -- :~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~: : student of technical computer science : : university of applied

RE: Problems booting from RAID

2000-08-08 Thread Gregory Leblanc
-Original Message- From: Jane Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 2:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problems booting from RAID Hi, I am tearing my hair out over this stuff (I should have mentioned that I am completely new to not only

bigger disks

2000-08-08 Thread Anton
Suppose I have a SW RAID5 over 5 disks, 9.1 G each We are getting to a point where we need more space, but the box has no more space. So I am wondering how I might go about upgrading the disks to bigger capacity volumes. Suppose I insert bigger disks one by one and let the array reconstruct.

RE: bigger disks

2000-08-08 Thread Jones, Clay
Title: RE: bigger disks It is possible to resize the filesystem (ext2), but it is NOT possible to resize the raid 5. There has been some experimental work done in the area of resizing raid 5 arrays (and raid 0), but it is a risky proposition and never was completed. You either need to 1)

Re: latest raid stuff for 2.2?

2000-08-08 Thread tc lewis
or is alan cox's 2.2.17pre series recommended nowadays? -tcl. On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, tc lewis wrote: sorry for mailing, but my HOWTO is rather outdated. where's the latest raid stuff for linux kernel 2.2? ie: the patch, and raidtools. i'm upgrading from 2.2.14 to 2.2.16. is the

RE: Where to get uptodate raidtool/kernelpatches (2.2.1x) ?

2000-08-08 Thread Gregory Leblanc
-Original Message- From: Thomas Waldmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Where to get uptodate raidtool/kernelpatches (2.2.1x) ? Sure enough, you've got an old version of the RAID code. Hop over to