I'm sure someone can help you if you simply state why you think your RAID array is failing. What makes you think the array is failing? Can you not access the file system on it? Do you get an error message that says that the array is bad?
As far as I know, you may not even have created a file system on the array, let alone mounted it. This is why you need to provide the steps you took to create the array. I cannot stress this enough. Tell us what you did and we can help you. "I created a software raid array" does not cut it. It's not like we need screen shots or anything. If you did it using a GUI, tell us what GUI you used and what buttons you pressed and anything you typed in. If you used the command line, tell us what you typed in. That's it, that's all... it's a pretty standard thing to do when you need help with a problem, even non-computer problems. What you've done so far is analogous to going to the doctor and saying: "I'm sick, give me pills that make me feel better." -Mark C. On 11/4/08, Chris q <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The stuff down at the bottom about the ata fail seemed important. I'm hoping > someone can tell me why the raid array is failing. > > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 11/2/08, Chris q <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, I attached an IDE cdrom and it immediately happened again.. > > > here's the /var/log/messages output, I'm hoping you guys can help me > figure > > > this out. > > > > Posting the entire contents of /var/log/messages is helpful > > sometimes... but not right now. What in /var/log/messages do you > > think relates to your problems, and why do you think it has something > > to do with your cdrom drive? > > > > I would like to help you solve your problem, but you are missing some > > key things here. > > > > 1. CLEARLY state your problem. Include any error messages related to > > the problem, no more and no less. I still don't understand what your > > problem and you seem to be withholding information. > > 2. How are you setting up the software raid? Describe your steps. > > This is often the root cause of Linux problems, misconfiguration, > > rather than hardware or software errors. > > 3. Have you tried setting up a RAID 0 array instead of RAID 5? Use > > two drives instead of all 6. Maybe one of your drives is bad. > > > > > > -Mark C. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
