Re: software raid problems

2000-08-10 Thread Neil Brown
On Thursday August 10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm using software raid and since a few developer kernel versions I have problems >with the multiple device driver; > now I describe the situation with the newest kernel test6 - messages I get from the >kernel: > 1) sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096

RE: Loss of a SCSI device and RAID

2000-08-10 Thread Gregory Leblanc
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Z. Ayers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 6:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Loss of a SCSI device and RAID > > I've been wonder how this would work for a while. > > I know that the Linux kernel auto-detects the SCSI d

software raid problems

2000-08-10 Thread Lars Callenbach
I'm using software raid and since a few developer kernel versions I have problems with the multiple device driver; now I describe the situation with the newest kernel test6 - messages I get from the kernel: 1) sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096(I don't know wheter this belongs to md) 2) autodecting

Degrading disk read performance under 2.2.16

2000-08-10 Thread Corin Hartland-Swann
Hi there, Firstly, IANAKH (I am not a kernel-hacker), so please CC: everything to linux-raid. And be gentle with me :) I have been experimenting with RAID for some time, and found that the big read-access slowdown between kernels 2.2.15 and 2.2.16 on RAID-1 mirrors was because of the raw disk a

Loss of a SCSI device and RAID

2000-08-10 Thread Eric Z. Ayers
I've been wonder how this would work for a while. I know that the Linux kernel auto-detects the SCSI devices on boots and assigns them /dev/sda to the first one /dev/sdb to the second one ... and so on. Doesn't this put a kink in your plans if you remove a disk physically and then restart the

Re: where are patches located?

2000-08-10 Thread Stephen Frost
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > I have found a raid patch on a machine in our net, which is: > > raid0145-2110-2.2.14.patch > > Having used patch under other OSs (BSD) I'm a bit puzzled why > > patch -p /usr/src doesn't run smooth). patch stops at every file > sayin

RE: where are patches located?

2000-08-10 Thread Karl-Heinz Herrmann
Hi, > patch -p /usr/src doesn't run smooth). patch stops at every file > saying it cannot find the file. Sorry if this may be a > basic question but things are so different und Linux. Hmmm... "-p" what? there is supposed to follow a number (at least patch on DEC OSF4.0 wan

where are patches located?

2000-08-10 Thread Christoph Kukulies
I have found a raid patch on a machine in our net, which is: raid0145-2110-2.2.14.patch Having used patch under other OSs (BSD) I'm a bit puzzled why patch -p

Re: need help with getting RAID0 up under RH 6.1

2000-08-10 Thread System V
> I'm running RH 6.1 and a 2.2.14 kernel from SCSI drives. Then I have Have U pached this kernel for the `new' md driver, wich will work with raidtools v0.9 > 4x 60GB IDE disks which I want to format as a RAID0 array. Why? I can't see the point in making 1 240Gb filesystem. > I performed the fo

need help with getting RAID0 up under RH 6.1

2000-08-10 Thread Christoph Kukulies
I'm running RH 6.1 and a 2.2.14 kernel from SCSI drives. Then I have 4x 60GB IDE disks which I want to format as a RAID0 array. I performed the following steps: 1. created a 0xfd ID partition 1 on every drive /dev/hda /dev/hdb /dev/hdc /dev/hdd: Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 7473 c

Disk power falioure hangs Adaptec 29160N...

2000-08-10 Thread System V
Hello, I've run into a big problem. I'm constructing a redundent filserver. Consisting of two computers. After installing the stuff, compiling Kernel 2.4.0-test5 with Raid1. I was ready 4 testing the stuff. Got raid working nicly. The 1st test, powerdown, dissconnect a harddisk, powerup worked