On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 02:40:07PM -0600, Cal Webster wrote:
>
...
> > It is also possible that you have hardware errors, bad cabling, bad
> > disk, etc. Anything suspicious in dmesg ?
>
> I doubt that there were any kind of hardware errors. I double-checked
> everything and scanned the logs after installing the new drives. There were
> no problems using the array in its original configuration after installing
> the new drives, but before reconfiguring. I've included RAID-related entries
> from "dmesg" at the bottom of this message. This is since the last reboot
> after "mkraid".
Yes, I suspect it's most likely a raidreconf screwup.
Sorry about that.
>
> > It is really important to run fsck -f on arrays after running raidreconf
> > and before re-sizing the filesystem. For this reason - tracking of
> > when/where errors occurred. Of course, it is a little late for you to
> > be told this now - sorry. I should add this note to the raidreconf
> > output after successful reconfiguration.
>
> Yes, that might have been helpful information. I had a backup plan anyway.
> I'll take this extra step next time, but I don't envision it happening
> anytime soon.
That's the problem with raidreconf. You need it once a year, and you
can't use it unless you can actually trust it 100% (which you can't).
I want to move to theory - everything works in theory...
>
> There is likely some information in /var/log/messages that may be useful to
> you. Would you like me to attach a "gzipped" copy of it to a reply? I'm
> sorry, but I don't have time to pick through it right now to extract the
> RAID info.
No that's ok.
I'll see if I can reproduce the spare-disk "feature" tonight.
>
> Thanks! :-)
You're welcome ;)
(If anyone else need their arrays screwed up, you know where to get the
tools ! ;)
On the more serious side, thanks a lot for your feedback ! And sorry
about the array. I'm glad you knew that backups aren't just for
sissies.
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