After running several ckdisk/raidrun cycles, I finally got it to
successfully run raidrun, but now mounting the disk reports:
[root@beethoven /root]# mount /dev/md0 /home/stoli
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/md0,
or too many mounted file systems
Any recommendations?
thornton
Thornton Prime wrote:
>
> I got a few helpful responses from some folks on the mailing list, but
> would like to throw things back out ...
>
> I can successfully run raidadd and ckraid, but raidrun always fails with
> the message:
>
> md: 09:00: raid array is not clean -- run ckraid
>
> ckraid always appears to complete without errors. I have run ckraid with
> --fix, --force-continue, --suggest-failed-disk-mask 0x01,
> --suggest-fix-parity, --force-check and a few combinations therein.
>
> Here is my /etc/raidtab
>
> raiddev /dev/md0
>
> raid-level 5
> nr-raid-disks 5
> nr-spare-disks 0
> chunk-size 16
> parity-algorithm left-asymmetric
>
> device /dev/sdd1
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/sde1
> raid-disk 1
> device /dev/sdf1
> raid-disk 2
> device /dev/sdg1
> raid-disk 3
> device /dev/sdh1
> raid-disk 4
>
> Here is /proc/mdstat after I run raidadd /dev/md0
>
> Personalities : [4 raid5]
> read_ahead not set
> md0 : inactive sdd1 sde1 sdf1 sdg1 sdh1 44419200 blocks
> md1 : inactive
> md2 : inactive
> md3 : inactive
>
> The only message that shows up in the log is
>
> md: 09:00: raid array is not clean -- run ckraid
>
> Just a re-cap. I am running RedHat 5.2, unpatched kernel 2.2.3, md is
> compiled as kernel modules, but loads fine using insmod before I attempt
> raidadd or anything else. (I also tried a 2.2.6 kernel with the raid
> driver compiled in, and got the same results).
>
> Everything was all working grand before a power outage last night.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. As I mentioned before, if you need, I can
> pay someone for time if they want to call (phone number below).
>
> thornton
>
> Thornton Prime wrote:
> >
> > I installed software RAID on a RedHat 5.2 machine last week. I had
> > previously upgraded the kernel to 2.2.3. Everything went well.
> >
> > It is RAID5 on 5 Seagate SCSI drives on a BusLogic board, totalling
> > around 35G of available disk space.
> >
> > Last night we had a power outage. The system restarted without problems
> > except for the RAID. The was successfully recognized by the raidadd
> > command, but it failed to start with the raidrun command. I ran ckraid
> > with a number of different options, all ran successfully, but raidrun
> > still failed.
> >
> > I downloaded, compiled and installed the latest RAID tools from RedHat.
> > Supposedly all I need is raidstart, but this simply fails with an
> > 'invalid argument'.
> >
> > I need to mount this drive. Bummer.
> >
> > This is urgent, so if someone felt so inclined, to call me at (310)
> > 689-3170, call collect, ask for Thornton, and if you can fix the problem
> > over the phone we will pay a fair value for your time.
> >
> > Of course, I gladly invite any suggestions via this list also.
> >
> > thornton
