[ale] Compaq raid disk. How do I format?
Jim Lynch
jwl at sgi.com
Mon Oct 18 15:53:48 EDT 2004
That may have been it. I vaguely remember reading something about
rebuilding initrd WRT drivers a while back, but it obviously didn't stick.
Thanks,
Jim.
James P. Kinney III wrote:
>When you update a core system driver like that one, you may eed to do
>some work in the kernel to get it to be used. If you have an existing
>initrd, thatt will be loading the original module version. You will need
>to make a new initrd that loads the new driver version.
>
>On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 12:39, Jim Lynch wrote:
>
>
>>Mine too. /dev/ida/c0d2/disc wasn't found. I've decided to live with
>>just one big partition. Updating the drivers seems to work but didn't
>>change the behavior. Seemed to means the rpm command reported changing
>>some things and I rebooted but dmesg reports Compaq smart driver 2.4.5,
>>but during the rpm run I recall a version considerably higher, like 2.4.26.
>>
>>Thanks for the try.
>>
>>Jim.
>>
>>
>>Yu, Jerry wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>/dev/ida/c0d2 is the correct device to fdisk on.
>>>My RH73 system on a Compaq 1850R with hardware mirror (RAID 1) shows
>>>/dev/ida/c0d2 as a block device instead of a directory.
>>>
>>># -----Original Message-----
>>># From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On
>>># Behalf Of Jeff
>>># Hubbs
>>># Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 5:28 PM
>>># To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>># Subject: Re: [ale] Compaq raid disk. How do I format?
>>>#
>>>#
>>># I think you're running fdisk on the wrong thing. You need to go
>>>#
>>># /sbin/fdisk /dev/ida/c0d2/disc
>>>#
>>># (yes, that's with a "c")
>>>#
>>># - Jeff
>>>#
>>># On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 08:32, Jim Lynch wrote:
>>># > Thanks, guys for your input. I'm a bit constrained here.
>>># The server is
>>># > in California and I'm in GA. The fellow (NT admin) that
>>># set up the raid
>>># > config did the install of the disks and configured c0d2 as two 9 Gb
>>># > disks mirrored. I'd like to redo the whole thing, but I
>>># can't remotely
>>># > and don't have anyone that understands both raid and linux
>>># at the site,
>>># > so I'm stuck with what I've got.
>>># >
>>># > On your advice I did go into fdisk and try to partition
>>># c0d2. Strange
>>># > thing happened. I can't seem to create more than one partition. I
>>># > think the geometry is screwed up somehow. Note it would only let me
>>># > start at block 1 and didn't ask me how large to make the
>>># partition. It
>>># > just grabbed it all. Any ideas how to fix that?
>>># >
>>># > /sbin/fdisk /dev/ida/c0d2
>>># >
>>># > Command (m for help): p
>>># >
>>># > Disk /dev/ida/c0d2: 1 heads, 17764320 sectors, 1 cylinders
>>># > Units = cylinders of 17764320 * 512 bytes
>>># >
>>># > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>>># >
>>># > Command (m for help): n
>>># > Command action
>>># > e extended
>>># > p primary partition (1-4)
>>># > p
>>># > Partition number (1-4): 1
>>># > First cylinder (1-1, default 1):
>>># > Using default value 1
>>># >
>>># > Command (m for help): p
>>># >
>>># > Disk /dev/ida/c0d2: 1 heads, 17764320 sectors, 1 cylinders
>>># > Units = cylinders of 17764320 * 512 bytes
>>># >
>>># > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>>># > /dev/ida/c0d2p1 1 1 8882159+ 83 Linux
>>># > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
>>># > phys=(768, 0, 32) logical=(0, 0, 17764320)
>>># > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
>>># > phys=(768, 0, 32) should be (768, 0, 17764320)
>>># >
>>># > Command (m for help):
>>># >
>>># >
>>># > Jim Lynch wrote:
>>># >
>>># > > I've have an old compaq that a Windows tech added some
>>># disks to but
>>># > > had no idea what to do to make it work on Linux. From the dmesg
>>># > > listing I found:
>>># > >
>>># > > Compaq SMART2 Driver (v 2.4.5)
>>># > > Found 1 controller(s)
>>># > > cpqarray: Finding drives on ida0 (SMART-2/P)
>>># > > cpqarray ida/c0d0: blksz=512 nr_blks=8380320
>>># > > cpqarray ida/c0d1: blksz=512 nr_blks=16768800
>>># > > cpqarray ida/c0d2: blksz=512 nr_blks=17764320
>>># > >
>>># > > It looks like he added ida/c0d2 since I have the other two drives
>>># > > mentioned in the fstab file. When I tried to look at one of the
>>># > > existing drives with fdisk I found:
>>># > > Disk /dev/ida/c0d1: 1 heads, 16768800 sectors, 1 cylinders
>>># > > Units = cylinders of 16768800 * 512 bytes
>>># > >
>>># > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>>># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p1 * 1 1 2044064 82 Linux swap
>>># > > Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings
>>># (non-Linux?):
>>># > > phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 0, 33)
>>># > > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
>>># > > phys=(500, 254, 32) logical=(0, 0, 4088160)
>>># > > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
>>># > > phys=(500, 254, 32) should be (500, 0, 16768800)
>>># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p2 1 1 391680 83 Linux
>>># > > Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings
>>># (non-Linux?):
>>># > > phys=(501, 0, 1) logical=(0, 0, 4088161)
>>># > > Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
>>># > > phys=(596, 254, 32) logical=(0, 0, 4871520)
>>># > > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
>>># > > phys=(596, 254, 32) should be (596, 0, 16768800)
>>># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p3 1 1 261120 83 Linux
>>># > > Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings
>>># (non-Linux?):
>>># > > phys=(597, 0, 1) logical=(0, 0, 4871521)
>>># > > Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
>>># > > phys=(660, 254, 32) logical=(0, 0, 5393760)
>>># > > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
>>># > > phys=(660, 254, 32) should be (660, 0, 16768800)
>>># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p4 1 1 5687520 f
>>># Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
>>># > > Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings
>>># (non-Linux?):
>>># > > phys=(661, 0, 1) logical=(0, 0, 5393761)
>>># > > Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
>>># > > phys=(1023, 254, 32) logical=(0, 0, 16768800)
>>># > > Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary:
>>># > > phys=(1023, 254, 32) should be (1023, 0, 16768800)
>>># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p5 1 1 5687504 83 Linux
>>># > >
>>># > > Which makes me a bit leary of using fdisk on these
>>># drives. Most of
>>># > > that output doesn't make sense to me. Can anyone point me in the
>>># > > right direction so I can learn how to format this new
>>># drive? This is
>>># > > a RH 7.2 system. If I understand correctly this is a
>>># RAID system.
>>># > > The new drive is really 2 9 Gb drives configured as a
>>># mirror, so I
>>># > > was told. Is there some other utility I need to use to
>>># make sense of
>>># > > the partitioning of the existing drives?
>>># > >
>>># > > Thanks,
>>># > > Jim.
>>># > >
>>># > >
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