Post your /etc/raidtab You may have a spelling oops hidden in there, according to the error message :) "Stoica, Dragos" wrote: > Hi! > I'm trying to create a RAID volume in linear mode from two 18Gb partitions > on different HDD's. I followed the instructions in Software RAID HOWTO and I > almost replicated that example, with the appropriate changes for my system. > I'm running Red Hat Linux 6.0, with Kernel 2.2.5-22smp on an i686. The > output that I'm getting when I try to do a mkraid /dev/md0 is: > > handling MD device /dev/md0 > analyzing super-block > disk 0: /dev/sdb1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB > disk 1: /dev/sdc1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB > > /dev/md0: Invalid argument > > If I try to do a raidstart > > (read) sdb1's sb offset: 17775808 [events: 3ade1754] > md: invalid raid superblock magic on sdb1 > md: sdb1 has invalid sb, not importing! > could not import sdb1! > autostart sdb1 failed! > huh12? > /dev/md0: Invalid argument > > Any suggestions? How can I fix this? > > Thank you! > > -- > Dragos Stoica > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]