As a workaround to the mdadm issue with the spare drive we were going to have them activate DMRAID but that ends up with the information below. Specifically something about dm-raid45 but we had to drop that because it no longer compiles in the latest kernels and we couldn't find an update that would. Any ideas? (still working on getting the dump - the fact that tmpfs doesn't support sparse files makes having the customer create the dump via a script we provide a bit more involved): ERROR: device-mapper target type "raid45" is not in the kernel WARN: locking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock NOTICE: skipping removable device /dev/sda NOTICE: /dev/sdg: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: ddf1 discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: ddf1 metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sdg: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: isw discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: ddf1 discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: ddf1 metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sdf: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: isw discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: ddf1 discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: ddf1 metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sde: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: isw discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: ddf1 discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: ddf1 metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sdd: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: isw discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: ddf1 discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: ddf1 metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: isw discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: ddf1 discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: isw discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: via discovering NOTICE: added /dev/sdg to RAID set ".ddf1_disks" NOTICE: added /dev/sdf to RAID set ".ddf1_disks" NOTICE: added /dev/sde to RAID set ".ddf1_disks" NOTICE: added /dev/sdd to RAID set ".ddf1_disks" NOTICE: added /dev/sdc to RAID set ".ddf1_disks" RAID set "ddf1_MegaSR R5 #0" was not activated INFO: Activating GROUP raid set ".ddf1_disks" WARN: unlocking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock Output of dmraid --raid_devices command: /dev/sdg: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, unknown, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sdf: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, ok, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sde: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, ok, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sdd: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, ok, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sdc: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, ok, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 Output of dmraid -s -s command: *** Group superset .ddf1_disks --> Subset name : ddf1_MegaSR R5 #0 size : 855465984 stride : 128 type : raid5_ls status : ok subsets: 0 devs : 4 spares : 0 -- 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
