On 02/05/2013 05:36 AM, Dominique wrote: > > Thanks for the detailled answer. I read through all of it to identify > what I did not understood before starting. I have a few clarificacions > for you and a few questions. > > Yes, that's the way my console looks like. I usually don't have problem > with UTF8 output (i.e. not garbled), I figured it was the result of the > lsdrv.... Nasty to read, but it's all there. Thanks for the report. I'll have to set up a VM with your distro and play a bit. > I am running Ubuntu 12.04.1 server on this relatively new raid5 setup. > I think I understood most of the reshaping instructions, but I need to > clarify your point related to the timeout. I tried to execute it in a > simple bash file and got stopped at the beginning just for the lack of a > timeoutfile? > > After looking for it, I realised that sd[abcdef] were all symlinks > pointing to another part of the system, where there is no driver > directory. After browsing, i figured out that /sys/block/sda/device did > led to a timeout file. Can you please confirm, it is the one we want ? Yes, sorry. Typo on my part. > A last point I need to clarify: is the reshaping (although long) data > destructive (backup will be done in all cases)? The reshape may need a small backup file for critical section(s). If it does, it will refuse to proceed until you specify one with "--backup-file=..." in the "--grow" operation. If your system crashes during the reshape, be sure to specify the same backup file when re-assembling. But yes, redundancy is maintained throughout the reshape. > Thanks, You're welcome. Phil -- 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
