I've been battling the same problem using Debian testing/sarge with SCSI devices. I followed (mostly) the same howto and have subsequently tried many other things with no success. I'm willing to help debug this as well if anyone has any advice. Thanks * chris1@psyctc.org (Chris Evans) [2004.03.02 16:17]: > Debian stable 2.4.19 kernel with RAID1 compiled in, VIA EPIA CL1000 > motherboard, 2 Maxtor DiamondMax 9 7200rpm 80Gb drives as /dev/hdb > and /dev/hdc from onboard controller. > > I've followed the guide at: > http://www.cs.montana.edu/faq/faqw.admin.py?query=Convert+Root+System+ > to+Software+Raid&querytype=simple&casefold=yes&req=search > > which had turned up on a debian list search to try to set up the > RAID1 mirror of the boot/root drive. I installed to /dev/hdb1 > (/dev/hda is the CDROM and perhaps I should have changed that first). > > Loaded 2.2.20, got 2.4.19 sources, compiled RAID1 support into the > kernel (still can't get rid of one complaint about a missing > character set module but don't think that's causing any real > problems), made the identical /dev/hdc1 into a somewhat smaller linux > > autodetect RAID format partition, mounted it as 2nd drive in a RAID1 > drive using: > mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-disks=2 missing /dev/hdc1 > which worked fine, mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hdc1, mount it to /mnt1, > cp -ax / /mnt, tweak /etc/fstab ... /dev/md0 mounts fine, tweak lilo > conf to boot from /dev/md0, reboot -- fine, finally come to add > /dev/hdb1 into the array after resetting the partition type to > autodetect RAID ... > > .. no go, system complains that /dev/hdb1 is mounted or that an inode > > is active: > md: can not impport hdb1, has active inodes! > md: error, md_import_device() returned -16 > > I assume that's because the boot is still from /dev/hdb but if so, > how come the howto says this should work. Seems that nothing I do > can shift this and if I set the partition back to linux I find I > can't mount the drive despite rebooting as I get: > > mount: /dev/hdb1 already mounted or /mnt1 busy > > /mnt1 isn't busy (I can create a completely new mount point: no > difference) and mount shows that /dev/hdb1 isn't mounted. > > I've tried all sorts of tweaking with lilo.conf to remove any calls > to /dev/hdb but either these don't change anything, or else lilo > complains that it can't install to the target (e.g. /dev/md0). > > I've read through the docs and man pages and done some > searching around but can't find any explanations. > > Help of any sort, including direct pointers to what I've missed or > misread, desperately needed! > > Chris > > PSYCTC: Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Counselling > and Therapeutic Communities; practice, research, > teaching and consultancy. > Chris Evans & Jo-anne Carlyle > http://psyctc.org/ Email: chris@psyctc.org > > - > 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 -- Cameron Moore / The other day, I went to a tourist information booth and asked, \ \ "Tell me about some of the people who were here last year". / - 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
