Thanks a bunch Aaron - Much appreciated! Rafael.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:48 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) fsck on Raid? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 18 December 2002 05:21, J. Rafael S�nchez wrote: > > Greetings, > > Wondering if you friends would like to share with me what is the proper > > thing to do when you do a fsck on a Raid device? Do you fsck the /dev/md? > > [ and/or ] do you fsck every individual harddrive separately? > > it's been a while since i had to do a fsck on a software RAID system, but > here's what i recall... > > you do the fsck on the actual md device... but make sure the RAID is operating > BEFORE you do a fsck on it or any partitions associated with it since if you > fsck a single disk that is usually part of an array you can cause problems > with the synchronization of the array if/when fsck modifies anything on that > single drive in the RAID... if you can't get the RAID up or are concerned > about data integrity before doing so, you may want to try one of the methods > listed in the software raid HOWTO using the RAID tools.. > > hrm.. lemme go find that url... *googles* ah, here it is. or a mirror, anyways > =) > > http://linas.org/linux/Software-RAID/Software-RAID-4.html > > - -- > Aaron J. Seigo > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" > - Albert Einstein > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+ARd01rcusafx20MRAp3wAJ0bM7aPuIfyqfKU876QUJ1wPMEr+QCfX322 > y9HoBHXzA2Xgh7x/P19Z8mI= > =iw75 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
