On Monday September 10, iusty@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 09:31:54PM -1000, J. David Beutel wrote:
> > [root@samue ~]# mdadm --grow /dev/md5 -n2
> > mdadm: Cannot set device size/shape for /dev/md5: Device or resource busy
> >
> > mdadm - v1.6.0 - 4 June 2004
> > Linux 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3 #1 Fri Oct 21 03:46:55 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386
> > GNU/Linux
>
> I'm not sure that such an old kernel supports reshaping an array. The
> mdadm version should not be a problem, as that message is probably
> generated by the kernel.
2.6.12 does support reducing the number of drives in a raid1, but it
will only remove drives from the end of the list. e.g. if the
state was
58604992 blocks [3/2] [UU_]
then it would work. But as it is
58604992 blocks [3/2] [_UU]
it won't. You could fail the last drive (hdc8) and then add it back
in again. This would move it to the first slot, but it would cause a
full resync which is a bit of a waste.
Since commit 6ea9c07c6c6d1c14d9757dd8470dc4c85bbe9f28 (about
2.6.13-rc4) raid1 will repack the devices to the start of the
list when trying to change the number of devices.
>
> I'd recommend trying to boot with a newer kernel, even if only for the
> duration of the reshape.
>
Yes, a kernel upgrade would do the trick.
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
