Looks like an older kernel/dmraid version combo, which had a RAID0 activation problem. Heinz On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 05:48:34AM -0600, Duane Evenson wrote: > I cannot access the raid device with fdisk: "Unable to read > /dev/mapper/hpt37x_fjfegdadi". > > I have two identical hard drives. They have empty partition tables. > # dmraid -r > /dev/hde: hpt37x, "hpt37x_fjfegdadi", stripe, ok, 120064832 sectors, data@ 0 > /dev/hdg: hpt37x, "hpt37x_fjfegdadi", stripe, ok, 120064822 sectors, > data@ 10 > # ls -l /dev/mapper/ > total 0 > crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 Oct 25 11:55 control > # dmraid -ay > ERROR: dos: reading /dev/mapper/hpt37x_fjfegdadi[No such file or directory] > # ls -l /dev/mapper/ > total 0 > crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 Oct 25 11:55 control > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 Oct 26 02:07 hpt37x_fjfegdadi > # fdisk /dev/mapper/hpt37x_fjfegdadi > > Unable to read /dev/mapper/hpt37x_fjfegdadi > > What's my problem? Why can't I access the raid device? > Just to be thorough I tried this with identical filled partition tables > as well -- no joy. > > TIA > Duane > > > _______________________________________________ > Ataraid-list mailing list > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 Storage Development 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx PHONE +49 171 7803392 FAX +49 2626 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list