[ale] morning RAID problems.

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Mon Feb 9 09:20:24 EST 2004




cat your /etc/raidtab.  Also, I'd change both hde1 and hdf1 to type "fd"
which is raid autodetect.  Do you have "mdadm" installed?  It's the
sucessor to raidtools and is MUCH better.


Thus spake John Cole (JohnC at LGEFCU.org):

> Howdy!
> 
> :)  I meant /dev/hde1 and /dev/hdf1
> 
> Dev		Boot	Start	End		Blocks	ID	System
> /dev/hde1	*	1	116358	58644400+	83	Linux
> 
> /dev/hdf1	*	1	116358	58644400+	83	Linux
> 
> In actuality, /dev/hde is a new 60GB drive.  /dev/hdf1 is a 50 or 55 GB
> drive (don't remember how it got that odd size but it's a few years old.)
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:05 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] morning RAID problems.
> 
> /dev/hde and /dev/hdf?  not /dev/hde1 and /dev/hdf1 or another
> partition?
> 
> what does a "fdisk -l /dev/hde" give you?
> 
> Thus spake John Cole (JohnC at LGEFCU.org):
> > Howdy all!
> > 
> > I thought I had setup my RAID1 in software like I had read from this list
> > and also from the LDP.
> > 
> > Now, when I reboot, it has the following error:
> > 
> > Searching for Module Dependencies:
> > Starting up RAID devices: /dev/md1: Invalid Argument
> > /dev/md1 is not a RAID0 or LINEAR array
> > md1
> > 
> > *** An error occured during the RAID startup.
> > 
> > It then asks me to enter the root password for maintenance mode or press
> > Ctrl-D for normal startup.  Pressing Ctrl-D reboots me.
> > 
> > Here's what I've done so far:
> > 
> > I had in /etc/fstab
> > LABEL=/var/logs		/var/logs		ext3 .....
> > I had commented out that line before reboot and added:
> > /dev/md1	/var/logs	ext2 ....
> > 
> > I have since rem'd the /dev/md1 line and made the LABEL= line active
> again.
> > 
> > I also have a /etc/raidtab file setup that says /dev/md1 is a raid level 1
> > with 2 disks and /dev/hde is disk 0, /dev/hdf is disk1.  I even was able
> to
> > synch the drives last week (before I rebooted).
> > 
> > Do I need to remove this file?  I also used mdadm to create/configure/etc
> > the RAID array.
> > 
> > Any ideas on how to fix?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > John Cole, TICSA
> > 
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      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.

Life is not a destination, it's a journey.
  Microsoft produces 15 car pileups on the highway.
    Don't stop traffic to stand and gawk at the tragedy.
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