> > You'll probably need to remove the bitmap for --grow to work... I really > > should fix that. > > OK. That's pretty minor. I'll do that. > > > > Update Time : Mon May 31 00:44:25 2010 > > > State : active > > > Active Devices : 8 > > > Working Devices : 9 > > > Failed Devices : 0 > > > Spare Devices : 1 > > > > > > Layout : left-symmetric > > > Chunk Size : 256K > > > > > > Name : Backup:0 (local to host Backup) > > > UUID : 940ae4e4:04057ffc:5e92d2fb:63e3efb7 > > > Events : 987130 > > > > > > Number Major Minor RaidDevice State > > > 0 8 0 0 active sync /dev/sda > > > 1 8 16 1 active sync /dev/sdb > > > 2 8 32 2 active sync /dev/sdc > > > 8 8 48 3 active sync /dev/sdd > > > 4 8 64 4 active sync /dev/sde > > > 5 8 80 5 active sync /dev/sdf > > > 6 8 96 6 active sync /dev/sdg > > > 7 8 112 7 active sync /dev/sdh > > > > > > 9 8 128 - spare /dev/sdi > > > > > > Backup:/tmp# mdadm -V >> temp > > > mdadm - v3.0.3 - 22nd October 2009 > > > > I should have checked when you mention the mdadm version in the first > > email. > > You need at least 3.1.1 to convert RAID5 to RAID6. > > OK. 3.1.2-2 is in "Sid". I don't think it will give the system a > heart attack if I scarf it from there. Or maybe it will... The reshape had been going for about 2 hours when suddenly md tossed out a bunch of garbage and halted the system entirely. I had to hit the Big Red Switch to bring it back up. Of course the system complained about an unclean shutdown, yada, yada, yada, but now the main thing is the array won't assemble. I'm afraid I did something in retrospect rather foolish. I put the backup file in /tmp, and upon reboot, Linux wiped the /tmp directory, and mdadm refuses to restart the re-shape without the file. What can I do to get the array re-shape to continue? -- 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
