My RAID-1 root mirror seems to be ok, except that the second disk (/dev/sdb) doesn't get tagged when I run lilo. I've never seen this before, and I wondered how to fix it? I'm running kernel 2.4.16 and a RH7.1 base distro. I did do an "mdctl --examine" on it also, results below. Andy -----------info following---------- # lilo boot = /dev/sda, map = /boot/map.0801 Added linux Added linux-up Added linux242-orig Added linux-16 Added linux-tlt * Added linux-orig # cat /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/md1 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 append="panic=5 " message=/boot/message linear default=linux-tlt image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2smp label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2smp.img read-only root=/dev/md0 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2 label=linux-up initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img read-only root=/dev/md0 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2orig label=linux242-orig initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2orig.img read-only root=/dev/md0 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.16-1smp label=linux-16 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.16-1smp.img read-only root=/dev/md0 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.16 label=linux-tlt initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.16.img read-only root=/dev/md0 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.16-orig label=linux-orig initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.16-orig.img read-only root=/dev/md0 # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] read_ahead 1024 sectors md1 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] 72192 blocks [2/2] [UU] md2 : active raid1 sdb5[1] sda5[0] 136448 blocks [2/2] [UU] md0 : active raid1 sdb6[1] sda6[0] 8747264 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1115 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 9 72261 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda2 10 1115 8883945 5 Extended /dev/sda5 10 26 136521 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda6 27 1115 8747361 fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4462 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 9 72261 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb2 10 1115 8883945 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 10 26 136521 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb6 27 1115 8747361 fd Linux raid autodetect # mdctl --examine output for [sda6,sdb6,sda1,sdb1] (root & boot partitions) /dev/sda6: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 11247060:d0592382:538c7980:c9ad93c2 Creation Time : Tue Aug 28 17:32:40 2001 Raid Level : raid1 Size : 8747264 Raid Disks : 2 Total Disks : 1 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Mon Feb 4 12:40:50 2002 State : dirty, no-errors Active Drives : 2 Working Drives : 2 Failed Drives : -1 Spare Drives : 4 Checksum : 205440b8 - correct Events : 0.218 Number Major Minor RaidDisk State this 0 8 6 0 active sync /dev/sda6 0 0 8 6 0 active sync /dev/sda6 1 1 8 22 1 active sync /dev/sdb6 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed 3 0 0 0 0 sync 4 0 0 0 0 sync 5 0 0 0 0 sync /dev/sdb6: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 11247060:d0592382:538c7980:c9ad93c2 Creation Time : Tue Aug 28 17:32:40 2001 Raid Level : raid1 Size : 8747264 Raid Disks : 2 Total Disks : 1 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Mon Feb 4 12:40:50 2002 State : dirty, no-errors Active Drives : 2 Working Drives : 2 Failed Drives : -1 Spare Drives : 4 Checksum : 205440ca - correct Events : 0.218 Number Major Minor RaidDisk State this 1 8 22 1 active sync /dev/sdb6 0 0 8 6 0 active sync /dev/sda6 1 1 8 22 1 active sync /dev/sdb6 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed 3 0 0 0 0 sync 4 0 0 0 0 sync 5 0 0 0 0 sync /dev/sda1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : d7557de6:363404e9:468308b6:5a33c779 Creation Time : Tue Aug 28 17:32:29 2001 Raid Level : raid1 Size : 72192 Raid Disks : 2 Total Disks : 1 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Mon Feb 4 16:18:39 2002 State : dirty, no-errors Active Drives : 2 Working Drives : 2 Failed Drives : -1 Spare Drives : 1 Checksum : cf58c674 - correct Events : 0.204 Number Major Minor RaidDisk State this 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : d7557de6:363404e9:468308b6:5a33c779 Creation Time : Tue Aug 28 17:32:29 2001 Raid Level : raid1 Size : 72192 Raid Disks : 2 Total Disks : 1 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Mon Feb 4 16:18:39 2002 State : dirty, no-errors Active Drives : 2 Working Drives : 2 Failed Drives : -1 Spare Drives : 1 Checksum : cf58c686 - correct Events : 0.204 Number Major Minor RaidDisk State this 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html