well ... your raid-array simply got not created .... if you read the
output of mkraid -f /dev/md0 you would see what you should do.
Marco Shaw wrote:
>
> I'm just following this article:
>
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue45/nielsen.html
>
> Here's my output:
>
> [root@localhost /root]# mkraid -f /dev/md0
> --force and the new RAID 0.90 hot-add/hot-remove functionality should be
> used with extreme care! If /etc/raidtab is not in sync with the real
> array
> configuration, then a --force will DESTROY ALL YOUR DATA. It's especially
> dangerous to use -f if the array is in degraded mode.
>
> PLEASE dont mention the --really-force flag in any email, documentation
> or
> HOWTO, just suggest the --force flag instead. Thus everybody will read
> this warning at least once :) It really sucks to LOSE DATA. If you are
> confident that everything will go ok then you can use the --really-force
> flag. Also, if you are unsure what this is all about, dont hesitate to
> ask questions on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> [root@localhost /root]# cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities :
> read_ahead not set
> unused devices: <none>
> [root@localhost /root]# mkfs -t ext2 /dev/md0
> mke2fs 1.14, 9-Jan-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> /dev/md0: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
> superblock
>
> Any ideas on the last message? And shouldn't 'cat /proc/mdstat' produce
> something different?
>
> ...And is there a search function for this list?
>
> Thanks,
> Marco
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