On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 01:45:16PM -0700, M K wrote: > Can you send the exact command used to create the > array, the raidtabs or mdadm.conf file and the fdisk > -l listing of each drive thats part of the raid? I used mdadm w/ (approxymantely, it's a script "mdadm --create $Md -l1 -n2 $part $part2") mdadm --create /dev/md/0 -l1 -n2 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part6 >From a live CD after modprobe aic7xxx and "mdadm -A /dev/md4 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1" and "mdadm -A /dev/md0 /dev/sda6 /dev/sdb6" #################################################### fdisk -l /dev/sda root@argo-cd root # fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2231 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 3 24066 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda2 4 2231 17896410 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 4 68 522081 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda6 69 323 2048256 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda7 324 2231 15325978+ fd Linux raid autodetect root@argo-cd root # fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2231 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 3 24066 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb2 4 2231 17896410 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdb5 4 68 522081 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb6 69 323 2048256 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb7 324 2231 15325978+ fd Linux raid autodetect #################################################### root@argo-cd root # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] read_ahead 1024 sectors md0 : active raid1 scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6[0] scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part6[1] 2048192 blocks [2/2] [UU] md4 : active raid1 scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1[0] scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1[1] 24000 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> #################################################### root@argo-cd root # mdadm -D /dev/md/0 /dev/md/0: Version : 00.90.00 Creation Time : Tue Jun 1 19:02:24 2004 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 2048192 (2000.19 MiB 2097.35 MB) Device Size : 2048192 (2000.19 MiB 2097.35 MB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 2 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Tue Jun 1 23:00:22 2004 State : dirty, no-errors Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 6 0 active sync /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 1 8 22 1 active sync /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part6 UUID : 6f224ca0:92ecf8b5:bdf5d2b8:371b5bae Events : 0.2 #################################################### root@argo-cd root # mount /dev/md0 /tmp/6 root@argo-cd root # mount /dev/md4 /tmp/6/boot/ root@argo-cd root # df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on rootfs 425408 425408 0 100% / /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 425408 425408 0 100% / tmpfs 6144 4160 1984 68% /etc tmpfs 6144 1600 4544 27% /var tmpfs 2048 12 2036 1% /var/tmp /dev/md0 2048124 439932 1608192 22% /var/tmp/6 /dev/md4 23239 18278 3761 83% /var/tmp/6/boot #################################################### Thanks again sandro *:-) PS: I notice that preferred minor does not correspond w/ (my interpretation of) real used minor. But I guess 'preferred' is not "compulsory"... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html