On 02/02/2015 06:32 PM, Rich Emberson wrote:
Tried: # wipefs -a /dev/md127 which did not word, so I next tried: # wipefs -f -a /dev/md127 /dev/md127: 6 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000000 (crypto_LUKS): 4c 55 4b 53 ba be and then # mdadm -S /dev/md127 mdadm: Cannot get exclusive access to /dev/md127:Perhaps a running process, mounted filesystem or active volume group? but the filesystem is still mounted.
Wiping a filesystem (and certainly using a force option) is a bad idea if the filesystem is mounted. You should have unmounted it before you did the wipefs, but I'm sure you knew that. "lsof +d /mountpoint" or "lsof +D /mountpoint" should show you what is using the filesystem if a "umount" doesn't work. In dire straits, you could try "umount -f" to force an unmount, but again if something is using the filesystem, that could be bad. Also, just in case you're using LVM, make sure you disable/delete any logical volumes in the volume group ("lvchange" and "lvremove") and disable/delete the volume group as well ("vgchange" and "vgremove"). I'd also recommend destroying the PVs associated with the deleted VGs before you try to delete the RAID.
curious, that creating an encrypted raid system on fedora seems to be an irreversible action.
IIRC, it's a one-way encryption of the data. If that's the case, of course it's irreversible. If you're talking about not being able to get rid of an encrypted filesystem, you're just not doing it correctly. All filesystems can be deleted unless there's something specific in the hardware that prevents it (protected partitions of FLASH drives, for example).
Now, with part of the raid file system "wipefs"-ed, above, I fear rebooting and hanging when it does not come up.
Make sure the filesystem is not in your /etc/fstab file (or has the mount option "noauto") so the system doesn't try to mount it on the reboot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - You know the old saying--any technology sufficiently advanced is - - indistinguishable from a Perl script - - --Programming Perl, 2nd Edition - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org