[ale] morning RAID problems.

[Robert L. Harris]

You don't need to rename the raidtab, mdadm doesn't use it.  You should
be able to do a 

mdadm -A --run /dev/md1 /dev/hde1 /dev/hdf1




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

> Yes I have mdadm installed.
> 
> /etc/raidtab:
> 
> raiddev /dev/md1
> 	raid-level	1
> 	nr-raid-disks	2
> 	nr-spare-disks	0
> 	chunk-size	4
> 	persistent-superblock	1
> 	device	/dev/hde1
> 	raid-disk	0
> 	device	/dev/hdf1
> 	raid-disk	1
> 
> Should I rename /etc/raidtab and see if mdadm will work by itself?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:20 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] morning RAID problems.
> 
> 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
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