My /etc/raidtab file for my /dev/md0 device is as follows.
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 5
nr-raid-disks 4
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
device /dev/sda1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdb1
raid-disk 1
device /dev/sdc1
raid-disk 2
device /dev/sdd1
raid-disk 3
As far as I know, this is correct. And has worked before under kernel
version 2.2.5, now I have upgraded to Mandrake Linux v6.0 with kernel ver
2.2.9, and the raid-tools that accompanied the distribution.
When I do a "mkraid --force /dev/md0", it apparently writes a
raid-superblock to each partition included in /etc/raidtab for the /dev/md0
device, but then it craps out and aborts, with no further diagnostic
information. Nothing in the syslog and mdstat reports nothing more than I
have the Raid 4/5 personality registered, read-ahead not set and /dev/md0
still inactive?
What the heck is going on??? I have been pulling out my hair for days trying
to solve this one...
My hardware is as follows...
Asus P2B-DS - Adaptec 7890 SCSI Onboard
2 x P3-450 CPU
1 3.2 GB Udma Bootup/System Drive
4 9.1 Gb IBM 7200 rpm 2Mb Cache U2W SCSI Drives
256Mb PC-100 SDRAM
Mandrake Linux v 6.0
Mandrake SMP Kernel 2.2.9-19
Any information would be immensely appreciated.
Best Regards,
Matthew Coene.
-Systems Administrator
Matthew Coene
- Technical Support & Asst. Systems Admin
Alliance Gas
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