Hi, 2 questions: 1. How do I get multipath.o to be insmod'ed at boot time so that my multipath "raid" devices will start? I tried this: edit /etc/fstab to mount /dev/md0 someplace echo "alias raid multipath" >> /etc/modules.conf mkinitrd /boot/initrd-md `uname -r` (modify /etc/lilo.conf, run /sbin/lilo) reboot But, I get the (Raid repair) prompt, and lsmod shows multipath is not loaded. 2. If I don't get multipath.o to insmod at boot time, then raid startup fails, and I get the (Raid repair) prompt. "No problem," I think, "I'll just do this:" insmod multipath (works fine) raidstart /dev/md0 (fails with "Invalid argument". So how do i get /dev/md0 working again? As far as I know, the only thing wrong with it was that multipath.o was not loaded. The disks that comprise /dev/md0 are fine. They are hardware raid volumes, actually. /dev/cciss/c1d0p1 and /dev/cciss/c2d0p1. At this point, I can say: mkraid /dev/md0 mke2fs /dev/md0 mount /dev/md0 /u1 and that works just fine, (apart from overwriting whatever was on /dev/md0 beforehand, which is somewhat less than fine. ) Thanks for any info. BTW, system was redhat advanced server 2.1, kernel was redhat's. (2.4.34, I think) -- steve - 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
