Also I tried this exact same hardware setup using Redhat 9 with a 2.4.32-rc1 kernel, loading modules ataraid and medley. That works; here is my dmesg output: Medley RAID: Striped set 0 consists of 3 disks, total 9MiB - disks: 21:00 22:00 21:40 ataraid/d0: ataraid/d0p1 Medley RAID: 1 active RAID set ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Olson" <big_spender12@xxxxxxxxx> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: medley raid problem Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:53:12 -0500 > > Hi Heinz, > I am running FC4 with latest smp kernel and dmraid 1.0.0.rc9. Controller is a Silicon Image > 680. I am using striped array, and dmraid does not discover metadata on 2 of my 3 drives: > > # dmraid -vvv -r -f sil /dev/hd[efg] > NOTICE: checking format identifier sil > WARN: locking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock > NOTICE: skipping removable device /dev/hdc > NOTICE: /dev/hde: sil discovering > NOTICE: /dev/hdf: sil discovering > NOTICE: /dev/hdg: sil discovering > NOTICE: sil: areas 1,2,3,4[4] are valid > NOTICE: /dev/hdg: sil metadata discovered > INFO: RAID device discovered: > > /dev/hdg: sil, "sil_afbgdiadbbaa", stripe, ok, 6342954 sectors, data@ 0 > WARN: unlocking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock > > ------ > The problem seems to stay with the drives, i.e. if I move them around and reconfigure the array > on the controller, the only drive that gets discovered is the same one. > # pwd > /proc/ide > > hde]# cat model > FUJITSU MPA3035ATU > > hdf]# cat model > IBM-DAQA-33240 > > hdg]# cat model > WDC AC23200L > > I know that they are old but I would still like to use them if possible. > -James > > -- > _______________________________________________ > > Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages > > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
