On Thursday September 23, rich@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > i cant figure out what is wrong with the following command. when i > remove the "parity=right-asymmetric" command option it does not fail. > but i need to be able to create the raid device with different parity > algorithms. it also fails on --level=5 and using the short forms of the > flags. > > mdadm --create /dev/md2 --chunk=64 --level=6 --raid-devices=4 > --parity=right-asymmetric --spare-devices=2 /dev/vg0/turnerlv1 > /dev/vg0/turnerlv2 /dev/vg0/turnerlv3 /dev/vg0/turnerlv4 > /dev/vg0/turnerlv5 /dev/vg0/turnerlv6 > > mdadm: layout may only be sent once. Second value was > right-asymmetric There is a bug in 1.5.0 and 1.6.0 that prevents the --parity option from working. It is fixed in 1.7.0. NeilBrown > > rich:/tmp # mdadm --version > mdadm - v1.5.0 - 22 Jan 2004 > > - > 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 - 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
