Some addition information if it helps: Both disks are partitioned the same: Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 5004 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 1 8001 1 FAT12 /dev/hda2 * 2 2 8032+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda3 3 20 144585 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda4 21 5005 40042012+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 21 29 72261 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda6 30 210 1453851 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda7 211 392 1461883+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda8 393 423 248976 82 Linux swap /dev/hda9 424 4975 36563908+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda10 4976 5005 240943+ fd Linux raid autodetect On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Micah Anderson wrote: > I'm confused, I've done this hundreds of times, but for some reason it > doesn't work now, I must be missing something, can someone poke me in > the eye with it? > > I've currently got 2.2.20 with raid-1 devices booting fine: > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/md5 139945 28617 104103 22% / > /dev/md0 7683 4253 3034 58% /boot > /dev/hda5 69904 15 66280 0% /tmp > /dev/md4 1430864 933128 425048 69% /usr > /dev/md3 1438768 392848 972832 29% /var > /dev/md2 35990024 3980340 30181492 12% /var/spool > /dev/md1 233225 160199 60985 72% /home > > cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] [translucent] > read_ahead 1024 sectors > md0 : active raid1 hdc2[0] hda2[1] 7936 blocks [2/2] [UU] > md5 : active raid1 hdc3[0] hda3[1] 144512 blocks [2/2] [UU] > md6 : active raid1 hdc5[0] hda5[1] 72192 blocks [2/2] [UU] > md4 : active raid1 hdc6[0] hda6[1] 1453760 blocks [2/2] [UU] > md3 : active raid1 hdc7[0] hda7[1] 1461760 blocks [2/2] [UU] > md2 : active raid1 hdc9[0] hda9[1] 36563840 blocks [2/2] [UU] > md1 : active raid1 hdc10[0] hda10[1] 240832 blocks [2/2] [UU] > unused devices: <none> > > I had lilo set for: > > boot=/dev/md0 > root=/dev/md5 > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20RAID > label=RAID > read-only > alias=4 > > When I installed 2.4.18, all of a sudden I can't boot, EXT2-fs: unable > to read superblock. Yes, I selected all the RAID options on kernel > compile. > > What the heck? > > Ok, so I think it is a lilo problem, I wanted to toss lilo and put > grub on anyway: > > My grub is set for: > kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz-2.2.20RAID root=/dev/md5 > > If I have grub set to: > > kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz-2.4.18 root=/dev/md5 > > again with the unable to read superblock stuff.... > > if I have it set to: > kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz-2.4.18 root=/dev/hda3 > > request module [block major 3]: root fs not mounted > cannot open root device hda3 > please append correct root= boot option > > AGGGH?! > > Thanks, > Micah > - > 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 - 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