no big... I put "dd" to use, and it works like a charm... of course, I won't really know if it works like a charm until something breaks... That's the trouble with computers ;-) *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/8/2003 at 6:51 PM Bernd Schubert wrote: >Hello Corey! > >> This question has been on the tip of my tongue... Thanks for your >answer... >> >> Out of curiousity, why do you use /dev/zero? Would dd to /dev/null cause >> problems or is /dev/zero required for proper results? >> > >D'oh it seems I was a bit sleepy yesterday, of course, you are right - it >has >to be /dev/null! >And of course, one can only read from /dev/zero. > >Sorry for posting improper commands. > > >Best regards, > Bernd > > >> >Hi, >> > >> >/proc/mdstat is to monitor the status of your raid, so when one drive >> >fails it >> >becomes dropped out of the raid-array. Using mdadm you can monitor >> >/proc/mdstat and it even can send you a mail when one of your disks >fails. >> >So >> >if you really want to scan your disk once a week, why not running 'dd >> >if=/dev/mdX of=/dev/zero' ? So every block of every raid-disk should >> >become >> >read and the md-driver should automatically drop a failing disk out of >> >the >> >raid. >> >I guess you could even try to repair a disk when it became dropped out >of >> >the >> >raid by running some scripts, but since I never trusted any disk that >had >> >failed ones, I never worried about it. >> > >> >Bernd >> >- >> >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 >> >> /\/\/\/\/\/\ Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool. /\/\/\/\/\/\ >> >> coreyfro@coreyfro.com >> http://www.coreyfro.com/ >> http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/psummary.php3?id=196879 >> ICQ : 3168059 >> >> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >> GCS d--(+) s: a-- C++++$ UBL++>++++ P+ L+ E W+++$ N+ o? K? w++++$>+++++$ >> O---- !M--- V- PS+++ PE++(--) Y+ PGP- t--- 5(+) !X- R(+) !tv b-(+) >> Dl++(++++) D++ G+ e>+++ h++(---) r++>+$ y++*>$ H++++ n---(----) p? !au w+ >> v- 3+>++ j- G'''' B--- u+++*** f* Quake++++>+++++$ >> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ >> >> Home of Geek Code - http://www.geekcode.com/ >> The Geek Code Decoder Page - http://www.ebb.org/ungeek// >> >> - >> 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 > >-- >Bernd Schubert >Physikalisch Chemisches Institut / Theoretische Chemie >Universität Heidelberg >INF 229 >69120 Heidelberg >e-mail: bernd.schubert@pci.uni-heidelberg.de >- >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 /\/\/\/\/\/\ Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool. /\/\/\/\/\/\ coreyfro@coreyfro.com http://www.coreyfro.com/ http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/psummary.php3?id=196879 ICQ : 3168059 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GCS d--(+) s: a-- C++++$ UBL++>++++ P+ L+ E W+++$ N+ o? K? w++++$>+++++$ O---- !M--- V- PS+++ PE++(--) Y+ PGP- t--- 5(+) !X- R(+) !tv b-(+) Dl++(++++) D++ G+ e>+++ h++(---) r++>+$ y++*>$ H++++ n---(----) p? !au w+ v- 3+>++ j- G'''' B--- u+++*** f* Quake++++>+++++$ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Home of Geek Code - http://www.geekcode.com/ The Geek Code Decoder Page - http://www.ebb.org/ungeek// - 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
