oh. sorry. it was mistyping.

i have done so.
  mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/sda1
  mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/sdb1
  mdadm -Cv /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
  mount /dev/md0 /data/disk1
  scp ... [snip]

Should I do format after make RAID-1(/dev/md0) device?

After I format disks(/dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1), do not you compose to RAID-1?

Can it make a problem?

> You should:
>   mdadm -Cv /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
>   mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/md0
>   mount /dev/md0 /data/disk1

 mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/md0
 mount /dev/md0 /data/disk1

2005/12/10, Neil Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Saturday December 10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I am sorry because there is no information very.
> >
> > I currently ext3 file system.
> >
> > I composed RAID-1(/dev/md0)  disk array by order such as lower part.
> >
> > mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/sda1
> > mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/sda1
> > mdadm -Cv /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
>
> This is not the way raid1 works.
> The raid1 array /dev/md0 will be slightly smaller than either sda1 or
> sdb1.  So the filesystem will 'think' it is the size of sda1, will
> eventually discover it is smaller, and will fail.
> You should:
>   mdadm -Cv /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
>   mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/md0
>   mount /dev/md0 /data/disk1
>
> and THEN use the filesystem.
> NeilBrown
>
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