the 2 U's show which drives are currently part of the array. The raid-howto on redhat's site is a good source of info for this. On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Cochran Robert L (NO) wrote: > Thanks, Thom and Doc. Actually someone on the list sent me a private email > suggesting I check /proc/raidtab. If there are 2 U's next to the entry, > things are working. I couldn't find a /proc/raidtab but I did find > /proc/mdstat and there are 2 U's next to each of the 2 RAID devices (md0 and > md1) I configured. I have not the slightest idea what those 2 U's refer to > and need to learn. > > I still want to do what Thom and one other person suggested. In my case I > don't care about backing up data too much except for the kickstart > configuration file and /etc/mail. The machine is brand new and has no other > critical data on it yet. But it soon will when I migrate my work to it. I'll > pull the plugs on md0 and see if md1 can take over... > > If I had critical files on there I'd backup things first. Far too many > people don't follow Doc's advice and then have long faces when a crash > happens to them. > > Thanks > > Robert L. Cochran > > -----Original Message----- > From: dsavage@peaknet.net [mailto:dsavage@peaknet.net] > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:22 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: How To Verify Software RAID? > > > > On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 00:19, Robert L Cochran wrote: > > > I just installed 8.0 to my self-built computer. I believe I have > > > configured software RAID sucessfully. But how do I verify that RAID is > > > working? > > > > Unplug the power from a hard drive? > > Gakkk!!! Before or after you back up any critical files? > > Reminds me of the saying: > > There are old pilots, and > there are bold pilots, but > there are no old bold pilots. > > --Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, > IL > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent from Peaknet, Inc. > http://www.peaknet.net/ > > > > >
