On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:15:53 +0000 "Wojcik, Krzysztof" <krzysztof.wojcik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Neil, > > I try to create a single-drive RAID0 array with data preservation. > It means I have a single disk with partitions and data on them. > I would like to migrate this single disk to RAID0 array and then grow it to N devices. > Of course I expect partitions with my useful data will be mapped to corresponding MD block devices (/dev/md126p1, /dev/md126p2 etc.). Indeed they are but when I try to mount new block device it disappears from /dev directory and mount is not succeeded. > /var/log/messages shows all the time: > md126: p1 > md126: detected capacity change from 0 to xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > It is not always reproducible but very often. > I try this operation on 0.9 and imsm metadata. Symptoms are similar. > > Do you have any suggestions? How to fix this issue? > > Regards > Krzysztof It isn't clear to me what the issue is and when I try something that might be what you are suggesting it works perfectly every time. Maybe if you could provide something more detailed and specific. e.g. a series of steps that I can try together with all the messages you get (both from the kernel and from mdadm) throughout the process. That will probably help. 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
