you should do $ cat /proc/mdstat
(if you're able :) to see what's happening with the array.. you can also try the following (in debian with the raidtools2 package at least) $ raidsetfaulty /dev/md1 /dev/hda1 to mark the hda1 partition faulty, then $ raidhotremove /dev/md1 /dev/hda1 to actually remove it from the array and start using it in degraded mode. On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 14:31, Craig Ayliffe wrote: > Hi, > > I have a RedHat 7.3 system which has / and /boot partitions Raid-1 > mirrored across 2 harddrives, /dev/hda, /dev/hdc > > When one of the disks fails, the system usually hangs. > I can ping the server, things that are in memory seem to still work - but > anything that has to go to the filesystem will fail, and then I need to do a > reboot upon which the failed disk doesn't get seen by BIOS and thus is > removed from the raid device when the system boots.. > > Any ideas on why the raid doesn't just ignore the failed disk and run > in degraded mode properly? > > Thanks, > > Craig A -- Regards, Tony Sceats Systems Engineer Bulletproof Networks ph: +61 (0) 2 9663 9000 fax: +61 (0) 2 9662 4744 http://www.bulletproof.it/ This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be legally privileged. Only the intended recipient may access or use it and no confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by mistaken transmission. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy or disclose this email's contents to any person and you must delete it and notify us immediately. Bulletproof Networks uses virus scanning software but excludes all liability for viruses or similar in any attachment as well as for any error or incompleteness in the contents of this e-mail. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
