Hi Neil: Thanks for the help. AFAIK, any of the RAID devices are not mounted 'auto-read-only' by the kernel. I'll double check /etc/fstab, /var/log/messages, and /var/log/dmesg when I get back to the site. Unless there was a change by the upstream vendor, I wouldn't mount a production filesystem in that manner. Of course, I've been surprised before! I'll double check and report back. Thanks again for the suggestion! On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:23 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, November 3, 2009 1:57 am, Jesse Wheeler wrote: >> All: >> >> Thanks for the invaluable resource that is this mailing list. I've >> learned quite a bit over the space of this month. >> >> I have the following configuration and question: >> > ..... >> >> Nov 2 09:15:42 fatboy dnsmasq[3648]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM >> Nov 2 09:15:43 fatboy dnsmasq[6922]: started, version 2.45 cachesize 150 >> Nov 2 09:15:43 fatboy dnsmasq[6922]: compile time options: IPv6 >> GNU-getopt no-ISC-leasefile no-DBus no-I18N TFTP >> Nov 2 09:15:43 fatboy dnsmasq[6922]: using local addresses only for >> domain devotioconsulting.net >> Nov 2 09:15:43 fatboy dnsmasq[6922]: using nameserver 208.67.220.220#53 >> Nov 2 09:15:43 fatboy dnsmasq[6922]: using nameserver 208.67.222.222#53 >> Nov 2 09:15:43 fatboy dnsmasq[6922]: read /etc/hosts - 14 addresses >> Nov 2 09:21:04 fatboy kernel: md: syncing RAID array md1 > > The only possible explanation for this that I can think > of is the the array was started in 'auto-read-only' mode in which > it will not write to the devices at all until a write request comes in > through the top level device. Once that write request arrives, md accepts > that the array really is meant to be used and starts any resync etc that > might be needed. > > How is /dev/md1 used? Is it possible that nothing tried to > write to it until this moment? > > If it was something started by a cron job, it would not say > "resync =" but rather 'check =' or 'repair ='. > > NeilBrown > > > -- Jesse W. Wheeler mailto: jwwstpete@xxxxxxxxx Charlotte, North Carolina - U.S.A. == "I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are." --Homer Simpson "I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane."-- John Cole "I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. I go for anything new that might improve the past." -- Clara Barton "Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media." -- Noam Chomsky "We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy...". -- Martin Luther King, "Beyond Vietnam" "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde * My Other Car is a Health Insurance Payment * My Car Has Better Insurance Than I Do * My Death Panel is an HMO * Underinsured Baby on Board * WWJD: Who Would Jesus Deny? (Healthcare Reform Now!) "Quitbull with Lipstick: She's a gift that keeps on giving; an Everlasting Gobstopper of fail." -- SilentBrook on DKos talking about Palin == -- 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
