Raid 1 Mirror (the second try)

2000-03-29 Thread Andreas Martmann
Hello Because of my problems in sending mails yesterday here is my second mail once again. ---begin--- Hello again :o) > The old HOWTOs are up to date with the old code. But the old > code is _old_ (and buggy etc.) Yes, but they discribe that you must patch the 2.0.x kernel. And this needn

Re: raid 1 mirror

2000-03-28 Thread Jakob Østergaard
On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Andreas Martmann wrote: > Hello > > I have to install a RAID 1 System in order to mirror all partitions (exept the > /boot partition, I think). The Problem is that I haven´t made this before, and I > haven´t found a documentation that gives me the answers I need. > > There

Re: raid 1 mirror

2000-03-28 Thread Chris Bondy
I've ran old MD-utils since it come out and still running it, very heavly. I've only had major problems, when there was hardware problems, of course there are bugs in all software. I'd say to move up tho. Use the new raid-utils. I don't do the boot-Raid, if you're not, you should be fine, the ne

raid 1 mirror

2000-03-28 Thread Andreas Martmann
Hello I have to install a RAID 1 System in order to mirror all partitions (exept the /boot partition, I think). The Problem is that I haven´t made this before, and I haven´t found a documentation that gives me the answers I need. There are three HowTos available the old (normal) RAID HowTo for R

Re: raid-1 mirror...

1999-12-17 Thread Andy Poling
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Jakob Østergaard wrote: > It's no problem (any longer) making > both root and swap reside on RAID. Swapping on a software RAID'd partition will _break_ if the array ever needs to resync. It's something revealed fairly recently, and has something to do with using the buffer c

RE: raid-1 mirror...

1999-12-17 Thread Bruno Prior
--- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jakob Østergaard > Sent: 17 December 1999 18:42 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: raid-1 mirror... > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 10:23:54AM -0800, Jeff Behl wrote: > > If anyone wants to point me

Re: raid-1 mirror...

1999-12-17 Thread Jakob Østergaard
On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 10:23:54AM -0800, Jeff Behl wrote: > If anyone wants to point me to the mailing list > archive or faq, that'd be great cuz I'm sure this has > been asked before. But I'll ask anyways.. > > Have two drives in which all partitions are mirrored > except for / partition. My

raid-1 mirror...

1999-12-17 Thread Jeff Behl
If anyone wants to point me to the mailing list archive or faq, that'd be great cuz I'm sure this has been asked before. But I'll ask anyways.. Have two drives in which all partitions are mirrored except for / partition. My game plan is: If a drive dies, I want to a) have the machine keep on

Re: Replacing a RAID-1 mirror drive

1999-11-11 Thread cprice
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Uwe Schmeling wrote: > > > On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Matt Kimmel wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am running a RAID-1 mirror set of two disks on our Linux server here. A couple >of weeks ago, one of the mirrors went bad. While waiting for

Re: Replacing a RAID-1 mirror drive

1999-11-11 Thread Uwe Schmeling
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Matt Kimmel wrote: > Hi all, > > I am running a RAID-1 mirror set of two disks on our Linux server here. A couple of >weeks ago, one of the mirrors went bad. While waiting for a replacement, I ran the >mirror with a single drive, which worked fine. Ho

Re: Replacing a RAID-1 mirror drive

1999-11-10 Thread Robert Dahlem
Matt, On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:18:37 -0500, Matt Kimmel wrote: >I am running a RAID-1 mirror set of two disks on our Linux server here. A couple of >weeks ago, one of the mirrors went bad. While waiting for a replacement, I ran the >mirror with a single drive, which worked fine. How

Replacing a RAID-1 mirror drive

1999-11-10 Thread Matt Kimmel
Hi all, I am running a RAID-1 mirror set of two disks on our Linux server here. A couple of weeks ago, one of the mirrors went bad. While waiting for a replacement, I ran the mirror with a single drive, which worked fine. However, now that I have a replacement drive, I can't seem to a

Raid 1 mirror with RedHat 6.0

1999-06-03 Thread Ken Smith
Hi, I have been trying to set up a Raid 1 mirror using Redhat 6.0 using stock kernel and raidtools that are included on their CD. I have tried to follow the Software How-To & read all the newsgroups etc. including linux-raid archives. I am not a newbie to computers but I am to linux. I can fo

Breaking a RAID-1 mirror?

1999-02-23 Thread Dave Wreski
Hi all. I'm interested in information on testing my raid1 install, as well as steps involved in breaking the mirror when one of the disks fails. I'd also like to test and make sure it is working properly before I put it into production... Thanks for any info, Dave