Re: mkraid problems

1999-07-21 Thread erik
On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 05:27:14PM -0700, JT wrote: > Having problems getting mkraid to create the /dev/md0 > raid device.. here is my info: > > System SuSE 6.1 - Clean Install > Kernel - 2.2.10 - with md support for linearr, raid0 and raid1 > IDE boot Drive > 2 SCSI disks, same size as /dev/sda

mkraid problems

1999-07-20 Thread JT
Having problems getting mkraid to create the /dev/md0 raid device.. here is my info: System SuSE 6.1 - Clean Install Kernel - 2.2.10 - with md support for linearr, raid0 and raid1 IDE boot Drive 2 SCSI disks, same size as /dev/sda and /dev/sdb raidtools-0.90 I did NOT use the patch (raid145-0.36

Re: mkraid problems (v0.90/2.2.10/RedHat)

1999-07-09 Thread Luca Berra
On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 01:00:42PM -0700, Zack Hobson wrote: > Hello RAID hackers, > > > RedHat 6.0 w/ 2.2.10 kernel (compiled with RAID-1 support) > raidtools 0.90 compiled from distributed source (ie, non-RedHat) raidtools 0.90 does not work with stock kernels either you use old raidtools

RE: mkraid problems (v0.90/2.2.10/RedHat)

1999-07-09 Thread Bruno Prior
> I can't figure out why mkraid is aborting. No messages show up in the > syslog, and I get what looks like a typical response from /proc/mdstat You are missing persistent-superblocks lines in your raidtab. I thought this shouldn't matter, as it should default to "persistent-superblocks 1", but m

RE: mkraid problems (v0.90/2.2.10/RedHat)

1999-07-09 Thread Bruno Prior
> raid-level 1 with 3 disks? > You have to use raid-level 5 (or 4). No you don't. You can have as many mirrors in a RAID-1 mirror set as you want. The setup described will protect against the simultaneous failure of two disks (i.e. the failure of a second disk before you are able to replace the f

Re: mkraid problems (v0.90/2.2.10/RedHat)

1999-07-09 Thread Felix Egli
> My /etc/raidtab looks like this: > raiddev /dev/md0 > raid-level 1 > nr-raid-disks 3 > nr-spare-disks 0 > chunk-size 4 > > device /dev/sda2 > raid-disk 0 > device /dev/sdb2 > raid-disk 1

mkraid problems (v0.90/2.2.10/RedHat)

1999-07-08 Thread Zack Hobson
Hello RAID hackers, I'm trying to create a couple software RAID-1 arrays on a new Dell server my employer just purchased. Here's quick rundown of my current setup: Adapter 7890 SCSI Controller 3 Quantum Viking II 9.1 GB SCSI drives RedHat 6.0 w/ 2.2.10 kernel (compiled with RAID-1 support) rai

RE: mkraid problems

1999-07-08 Thread Bruno Prior
> device /dev/sdi1 > spare-disk 7 This is the problem. That should be: > device /dev/sdi1 > spare-disk 0 Cheers, Bruno Prior [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mkraid problems

1999-07-08 Thread MadHat
Mogens Kjaer wrote: > > The Threshold wrote: > ... > > Redhat 6.0/Kernel 2.2.10/mkraid 0.90.0 > ... > > I made the same mistake; don't upgrade the kernel, stay at > 2.2.5-15, then it works. > > Mogens > Actually this has been the center of several conversations lately. There is a patch that

Re: mkraid problems

1999-07-07 Thread Mogens Kjaer
The Threshold wrote: ... > Redhat 6.0/Kernel 2.2.10/mkraid 0.90.0 ... I made the same mistake; don't upgrade the kernel, stay at 2.2.5-15, then it works. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg Laboratory, Dept. of Chemistry Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax:

mkraid problems

1999-07-07 Thread The Threshold
First off, if this is covered in a FAQ somewhere that I haven't located, please let me know. What I have is 8 9GB scsi drives on 1 Adaptec 7890 controller. I'm trying to set up a 7 disk raid5 device with 1 spare disk. However, 'mkraid /dev/md0' returns: handling MD device /dev/md0 analyzing su