Hi Wong, the Promise consistency checks have been too restrictive in dmraid. Next release coming out shortly should be able to handle your case fine. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 01:11:05AM +0800, Wong Onn Chee wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I encountered this error while running "dmraid -v -ay" > > -- Start of error -- > [root@myserver fedora]# dmraid -v -ay > INFO: locking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock > INFO: /dev/hde: hpt37x discovering > INFO: /dev/hde: hpt45x discovering > INFO: /dev/hde: isw discovering > INFO: /dev/hde: lsi discovering > INFO: /dev/hde: pdc discovering > INFO: /dev/hde: pdc metadata discovered > INFO: /dev/hde: sil discovering > INFO: /dev/hdf: hpt37x discovering > INFO: /dev/hdf: hpt45x discovering > INFO: /dev/hdf: isw discovering > INFO: /dev/hdf: lsi discovering > INFO: /dev/hdf: pdc discovering > INFO: /dev/hdf: pdc metadata discovered > INFO: /dev/hdf: sil discovering > INFO: /dev/hda: hpt37x discovering > INFO: /dev/hda: hpt45x discovering > INFO: /dev/hda: isw discovering > INFO: /dev/hda: lsi discovering > INFO: /dev/hda: pdc discovering > INFO: /dev/hda: sil discovering > INFO: /dev/hdb: hpt37x discovering > INFO: /dev/hdb: hpt45x discovering > INFO: /dev/hdb: isw discovering > INFO: /dev/hdb: lsi discovering > INFO: /dev/hdb: pdc discovering > INFO: /dev/hdb: sil discovering > INFO: /dev/hdc: hpt37x discovering > INFO: /dev/hdc: hpt45x discovering > INFO: /dev/hdc: isw discovering > INFO: /dev/hdc: lsi discovering > INFO: /dev/hdc: pdc discovering > INFO: /dev/hdc: sil discovering > INFO: added /dev/hde to RAID set "pdc_cedibhdc" > INFO: added /dev/hdf to RAID set "pdc_babgaeca" > ERROR: pdc: device /dev/hde broken in RAID set "pdc_cedibhdc" [1/2] > ERROR: RAID set "pdc_cedibhdc" is inconsistent > ERROR: check of mirrored set "pdc_cedibhdc" failed, keeping it > ERROR: pdc: device /dev/hdf broken in RAID set "pdc_babgaeca" [1/2] > ERROR: RAID set "pdc_babgaeca" is inconsistent > ERROR: check of mirrored set "pdc_babgaeca" failed, keeping it > ERROR: no mapping possible for RAID set pdc_cedibhdc > ERROR: RAID set "pdc_cedibhdc" is not active > ERROR: no mapping possible for RAID set pdc_babgaeca > ERROR: RAID set "pdc_babgaeca" is not active > INFO: unlocking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock > [root@myserver fedora]# > -- End of error -- > > However, when I boot into a 2.4 kernel with ataraid enabled, the mirrored > partitions can be mounted with no problems. > I am using a Promise FastTrak PDC20265 ATA RAID onboard controller. > > Can anyone advise me on this? > Many thanks. > > Regards > Onn Chee > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-