On Tuesday September 21, admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > While trying to create a software raid set: > with the following command: > mdadm --create etc etc etc > The correct syntax. > > I get the following error: > "/dev/blah appears to contain an ext2fs file system" > > I have tried the following methods to resolve the error: > 1.) deleting the partition, > then remaking the partiton with a different partition type. > including the compulsory reboots. > > 2.) clearing the superblock. > mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/partition > > Any ideas? It's not an error, it is a warning. After the warning, it asks you if you really want to create the raid array. Just say "yes". > Just dd the parition? no point. NeilBrown - 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
