On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:24:18PM +0200, Matteo Vescovi wrote: > The subject of this mail is the message I can find for every boot in my > /var/log/messages file. > I've set up a RAID1 environment with etch amd64; it's composed of 2 > identical HDDs. The partitioning scheme is the same for both the devices. > I've put the swap area (a /dev/md1 made by /dev/sda5 and /dev/sdb5) in > the RAID, setting the ID label as "fd" (that is the 'Linux raid > autodetect' mode). > > The /proc/mdstat file says about that partition: > > md1 : active raid1 sda5[0] sdb5[1] > 1951744 blocks [2/2] [UU] > > Is that correct?
That message is what to expect for a raid1 with both devices up and running (U = Up) > Is the swap area working right despite the message above? > If so, why do I get that strange message in the logs? Did you mkswap /dev/md1 or /dev/sda5? Try doing swapoff, then make sure free shows no swap space, then use mkswap to recreate the swap on /dev/md1 and then swapon again and see if it gives a message then. Making the swap on the low level filesystem rather than the raid one would cause such problems, as would taking an existing swap partition and adding a new drive and making raid on it and not reinitializing the swap space to match the new slightly smaller size (since raid does require a small superblock to store it's information). -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
