On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Leslie Rhorer <lrhorer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks, Neil. I guess I'll just tear it down and rebuild. Debian > "Squeeze" is definitely not ready for prime time, and I don't think even it > supplies kernel 2.6.32 or mdadm 3.1.1. Oh, well. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Neil Brown [mailto:neilb@xxxxxxx] >> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 7:53 PM >> To: Leslie Rhorer >> Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: >> >> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:37:15 -0600 >> "Leslie Rhorer" <lrhorer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > I am running mdadm 2.6.7.2-1, and 2.6.7.2-3 is available under my >> distro. >> > Do either of these versions support reshaping an array from RAID5 to >> RAID6? >> >> No >> >> > Does any later version? >> >> Yes. >> >> >> You need mdadm-3.1.1 plus linux 2.6.32. >> >> 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 > > > -- > 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 > What are you talking about? Have you not synced to the online repository? I grabbed this out of the Package.bz2 file. (Yes, BTW, they should probably have a bug filed to get mdadm 3.1 included before the freeze...) Package: mdadm Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 1064 Maintainer: Debian mdadm maintainers <pkg-mdadm-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Architecture: i386 Version: 3.0.3-2 Replaces: mdctl Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.3), udev | makedev, debconf (>= 1.4.72), lsb-base (>= 3.1-6) Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, module-init-tools Conflicts: initramfs-tools (<< 0.65), mdctl (<< 0.7.2), raidtools2 (<< 1.00.3-12.1) Filename: pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_3.0.3-2_i386.deb Size: 418426 MD5sum: ab27fb8bfde438bc76dcb42ce8717626 SHA1: a89f1b90ac08bcf29c6c49cc310db0823edf8562 SHA256: 5f9fae56cba6aa6dbb747ddf86402615319d32f3d692da64a818f0f1fab399af Description: tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID) The mdadm utility can be used to create, manage, and monitor MD (multi-disk) arrays for software RAID or multipath I/O. . This package automatically configures mdadm to assemble arrays during the system startup process. If not needed, this functionality can be disabled. Homepage: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm Tag: admin::boot, admin::configuring, hardware::storage, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, interface::daemon, role::program, scope::utility, use::configuring, use::monitor Package: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 Priority: optional Section: kernel Installed-Size: 74220 Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Architecture: i386 Source: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-5 Provides: linux-image, linux-image-2.6, linux-modules-2.6.32-trunk-686 Depends: module-init-tools, initramfs-tools (>= 0.55) | linux-initramfs-tool Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0 Recommends: firmware-linux-free (>= 2.6.32), libc6-i686 Suggests: linux-doc-2.6.32, grub | lilo Conflicts: initramfs-tools (<< 0.55) Filename: pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686_2.6.32-5_i386.deb Size: 26282748 MD5sum: 776c9e57322b9e154bcc0518a9224df3 SHA1: 210cc48a91120ebd36cb20d9516e6e34e4c52da4 SHA256: bf8e8936cacf902b09dde1950bf10dcf50b1cceeeb4d1c351250a5c13da42e83 Description: Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs The Linux kernel 2.6.32 and modules for use on PCs with Intel Pentium Pro/II/III/4/4M/D/M, Xeon, Celeron, Core or Atom; AMD K6, Geode LX/NX, Athlon (K7), Duron, Opteron, Sempron, Turion or Phenom; Transmeta Efficeon; VIA C3 "Nehemiah" or C7 processors. -- 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