On 4/12/06, James Olson <big_spender12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you boot the FC5 cd and type linux rescue, can you post the output of # dmraid -ay and # fdisk -l /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd commands? The first time I run : # dmraid -ay : RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume0" already active RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume1" already active The second time , I get # dmraid -ay : RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume0" already active RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume1" already active RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume01" already active ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # fdisk -l /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume0 Disk /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume0: 161.0 GB, 161061538816 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19581 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume0p1 * 1 5222 41945683+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume0p2 5223 19928 118125945 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 4/12/06, James Olson <big_spender12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you boot the FC5 cd and type linux rescue, can you post the output of # dmraid -ay and # fdisk -l /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd commands? The first time I run : # dmraid -ay : RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume0" already active RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume1" already active The second time , I get # dmraid -ay : RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume0" already active RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume1" already active RAID set "isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume01" already active ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # fdisk -l /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume1 Disk /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume1: 166.7 GB, 166786763776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20277 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # fdisk -l /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume01 Disk /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume01: 42.9 GB, 42952379904 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5221 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume01p1 ? 119529 232583 908105142 74 Unknown Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume01p2 ? 119534 224381 842184976 70 DiskSecure Multi-Boot Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume01p3 ? 10497 10497 0 72 Unknown Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/mapper/isw_hgbhgbbcd_Volume01p4 160318 160321 24404 0 Empty Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- note I don't intend to use software raid in fc5 anyway for the moment hicham _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list