>-----Original Message----- >From: ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Heinz Mauelshagen >Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 2:13 AM >To: Piotr Brostovski, Levigo Systems >Cc: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx; Mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: DMRAID+Intel P35 (ICH9R) > >On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:11:09PM +0200, Piotr Brostovski, >Levigo Systems wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm stuck with a problem which is related to the combination >of the new >> Intel ChipSet P35 on the Gigabyte P35C-DS3R and Linux (Ubuntu 7.04 >> Feisty Fawn). >> I try to find the information how DMRAID stores its >Raidinformation - >> and where. > >See description of dmraid(8). >Various metadata formats are supported (dmraid -l). >Such vendord specific metadata typically sits at the end of >each componet >device in a RAID set and is vendor specific. >If you are interested in details, look at the .h files below >lib/format/ >in the dmraid source tree. > >> The DMRAID man page sadly don't say anything about it how >DMRAID works >> and google finds a lot - but not what I'm exactly looking for .... >> So i try it with this E-Mail ;) >> >> The Problem is, with the Intel P35 system and Linux my raidarray get >> broken. And i don't know if DMRAID writes anything on the disks? > >Not yet. >Enhancements to so in order to eg. replace a broken mirror member, >are in the works. > >> All partitions are read-only mounted - or even not mounted at all - >> still the raid get corrupted. >> >> With the nForce Chipsets for AMD CPUs dmraid always worked perfectly >> (except the bug with an old DMRaid Version, but after >compiling DMRaid >> 1.0-RC13 everything just run fine) but with the Intel Chipset i even >> can't say what exactly is the problem ... > >Might be a flaw in the isw metadata format handler. >Send your metadata to me for investigation please. > >> >> It could be possible that it is a hardware fault, but I'm >not sure about >> it because with Windows everything seems to work fine. > >Well, sounds like a bug in the isw code... > >> Discussions in the Gigabyte support forum doesn't step ahead, in the >> Ubuntu support forum i haven't even an answer to this problem :( >> >> >http://62.109.81.232/cgi-bin/sbb/sbb.cgi?&a=show&forum=1&show=3 >352&start= >> http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/viewtopic.php?p=814604#814604 >> >> >> Maybe you heard about problems with DMRAID and Intel P35, >possible in >> particular on the Gigabyte P35 Mainboards? >> >> >> Yours faithfully, >> Piotr Brostovski > >-- > >Regards, >Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > >*** 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 >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 > What is the actual bug being seen? I am having trouble understanding the forum messages. Also, the second link points to a discussion about firefox, not RAID. Is this issue beeing seen in windows and Linux? This motherboard has two SATA controllers on it, one Marvell and one ICH9; are you sure that this is confusing things? Thanks, Jason _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
