On Thu, 20 May 1999, Tod Detre wrote:
> Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:51:02 -0400
> From: Tod Detre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: more than 4 disks on raid5?
>
> Hi, sorry if this is a FAQ/known problem, but I just joined the list.
>
>
> I'm Trying to make a 8 disk raid5 array and I'm having problems. Every time I
> mkraid it get part way through and crashes the machine. It must not be a hard
> crash because softdog catches it and reboots the machine. I get no error
> messages either scsi or raid. I'm using kernel 2.2.9, on a IBM-PCserver 704
> (there are two adaptec 2940's built into the motherboard), and 10 2.0gb seagate
> baracuda's. Two of the drives are partitioned for raid1 (sde[1-3] & sdj[1-3]).
> The other drives are partitioned for one swap partition and one raid5 partition.
> I've had a raid5 array work for 4 drives but not 8 or 6. I'm working on 5 right
> now, but it takes awhile. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Here's my conf files.
>
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>
> device /dev/sdh3
> raid-disk 5
>
> device /dev/sdi3
> raid-disk 7
>
um...maybe im misunderstanding something but...where's number 6??
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