it looks like you created the filesystem on the component device before creating the raid. -dean On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Hanno Meyer-Thurow wrote: > Hi all! > Please CC me on answers since I am not subscribed to this list, thanks. > > When I try to build a raid1 system with mdadm 2.6.1 the filesystem size > recorded in superblock differs from physical size of device. > > System: > ana ~ # uname -a > Linux ana 2.6.20-gentoo-r2 #4 SMP PREEMPT Sat Mar 10 16:25:46 CET 2007 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > > ana ~ # mdadm --create /dev/md1 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 > mdadm: /dev/sda1 appears to contain an ext2fs file system > size=48152K mtime=Thu Mar 15 17:27:07 2007 > mdadm: /dev/sda1 appears to be part of a raid array: > level=raid1 devices=2 ctime=Thu Mar 15 17:25:52 2007 > mdadm: /dev/sdb1 appears to contain an ext2fs file system > size=48152K mtime=Thu Mar 15 17:27:07 2007 > mdadm: /dev/sdb1 appears to be part of a raid array: > level=raid1 devices=2 ctime=Thu Mar 15 17:25:52 2007 > Continue creating array? y > > mdadm: array /dev/md1 started. > ana ~ # cat /proc/mdstat > md1 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] > 48064 blocks [2/2] [UU] > > ana ~ # mdadm --misc --detail /dev/md1 > /dev/md1: > Version : 00.90.03 > Creation Time : Thu Mar 15 17:37:35 2007 > Raid Level : raid1 > Array Size : 48064 (46.95 MiB 49.22 MB) > Used Dev Size : 48064 (46.95 MiB 49.22 MB) > Raid Devices : 2 > Total Devices : 2 > Preferred Minor : 1 > Persistence : Superblock is persistent > > Update Time : Thu Mar 15 17:38:27 2007 > State : clean > Active Devices : 2 > Working Devices : 2 > Failed Devices : 0 > Spare Devices : 0 > > UUID : cf0478ee:7e60a40e:20a5e204:cc7bc2c9 > Events : 0.4 > > Number Major Minor RaidDevice State > 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 > 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 > > ana ~ # LC_ALL=C fsck.ext3 /dev/md1 > e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006) > The filesystem size (according to the superblock) is 48152 blocks > The physical size of the device is 48064 blocks > Either the superblock or the partition table is likely to be corrupt! > Abort<y>? yes > > > > Any ideas what could be wrong? Thank you in advance for help! > > > Regards, > Hanno > - > 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