Sven Lankes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:14:22AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > >>> Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System > >>> /dev/sdb1 0 2733 2077080 fd Linux raid autodetect > >>> /dev/sdb3 0 2733 2077080 5 Whole disk > >> Change that to be: > >> /dev/sdb1 1 2733 ??????? fd Linux raid autodetect > >> /dev/sdb3 0 2733 2077080 5 Whole disk > >> The partition table lies in the first sector. > > Ok - that helped. The raid arrays work now.
Glad to hear that. > > And any self-respecting filesystem doesn't touch the first sector of the > > partition for that very reason. Unless Linux raid autodetect partitions > > are broken. Actually, I've checked and I can confirm that LVM obliterates the first sector when one pvcreates a volume. It probably stores a signature (LVM UUID, etc...) there. Phil.
