On Sat, 08 Apr 2000, Achim Flammenkamp wrote: > Hi > > Yesterday I tried to set up a Software-Raid following > The Software-RAID HOWTO by Jakob OEstergaard > > In principle it seemed to work but a single problem aroses. > > I 'm running a Linux-2.2.14 Kernel patched with the raid0145-19990824-2.2.11 > from August 1999. Beside some non applied patches for ppc and sparc-architekture > only one hunk for raid0.c doesn't succeded. But this was no point, I could > patch it manual easily. > Further I first downloaded the corresponding raidtools-19990824-0.90 and later > after running the new kernel I fetched the raid-2.2.14-B1 file for the newest > raid-tools and compiled and installed these. > > The creating of the partitions (id=fd), autodection of the kernel, and the > mkraid worked for all raid-devices /dev/md0, ..., /dev/md7 without problems. > Next also /proc/mdstat shows all devices as active. Then I made the corres- > ponding `mke2fs -b 4096 -R stride=8 /dev/md?' filessystems without any problems > and rebootet. > > Since then there seems to be a problem in /dev/md5. > Inside /etc/raidtab the part for this device looks like: [snip] Try the patch for 2.2.14 from http://people.redhat.com/mingo The problem you're seeing shouldn't occur, and my best guess is that it's due to the mismatched patch. --- ................................................................ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : And I see the elder races, : :.........................: putrid forms of man : : Jakob Østergaard : See him rise and claim the earth, : : OZ9ABN : his downfall is at hand. : :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: