yes, both boxes are connected to the storage, its a dell powervault 220S configured for cluster mode. [root@tf1 cluster]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 146.5 GB, 146548981760 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17816 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 2433 19543041 83 Linux [root@tf1 cluster]# [root@tf2 cluster]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 146.5 GB, 146548981760 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17816 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 2433 19543041 83 Linux [root@tf2 cluster]# so both sides see the storage. on tf1, I can start ccsd fine, but on tf2, I cant, and I see May 8 22:00:21 tf2 ccsd: Unable to open /dev/sdb1 (/dev/raw/raw64): No such device or address May 8 22:00:21 tf2 ccsd: startup failed May 9 20:17:21 tf2 ccsd: Unable to open /dev/sdb1 (/dev/raw/raw64): No such device or address May 9 20:17:21 tf2 ccsd: startup failed May 9 20:17:30 tf2 ccsd: Unable to open /dev/sdb1 (/dev/raw/raw64): No such device or address May 9 20:17:30 tf2 ccsd: startup failed [root@tf2 cluster]# in the logs Jason On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 08:16:07AM -0400, Kovacs, Corey J. wrote: > Jason, if IIRC, the dells internal disks show up as /dev/sd* devices. Do you > have a shared storage device? If /dev/sdb1 is not a shared device, then I > think > you might need to take a step back and get a hold of a SAN of some type. If > you > are just playing around, there are ways to get some firewire drives to accept > > two hosts and act like a cheap shared devices. There are docs on the Oracle > site documenting the process of setting up the drive and the kernel. Note, > that > you'll only be able to use two nodes using the firewire idea. > > Also, you should specify a partition for the command below. That partition > can > be very small. Something on the order of 10MB sounds right. Even that is > probably > way too big. Then use the rest for GFS storage pools. > > > Corey > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 9:32 PM > To: linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: question about creating partitions and gfs > > so still following instructions at > http://www.gyrate.org/archives/9 > im at the part that says > > "# ccs_tool create /root/cluster /dev/iscsi/bus0/target0/lun0/part1" > > in my config, I have the dell PERC 4/DC cards, and I believe the logical > drive showed up as /dev/sdb > > so do I need to create a partition on this logical drive with fdisk first > before I run > > ccs_tool create /root/cluster /dev/sdb1 > > or am I totally off track here? > > i did ccs_tool create /root/cluster /dev/sdb and it seemed to work fine, but > doesnt seem right.. > > Jason > > -- > > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster > > -- > > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster -- ================================================ | Jason Welsh jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | http://monsterjam.org DSS PGP: 0x5E30CC98 | | gpg key: http://monsterjam.org/gpg/ | ================================================ -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster