You probably need to get a fresh version of raidtools.
<tomas/>
root wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I was wondering if someone could help me trouble shoot the following
> problems I am currently having in creating a RAID1 array.
>
> First, I've configured, compiled and correctly installed linux-2.2.12
> with the raid014519990824 patch. In addition, I am also using raidtools
> 0.90 that I installed from an rpm from the RedHat 6.0 cd.
>
> My problem is that when ever I issue the following command:
>
> % /sbin/mkraid /dev/md6
> unrecognized option failed-disk
> detected error on line 34:
> failed-disk 1
> mkraid: aborted
>
> Below is a copy of my /etc/raidtab:
>
> # raid-1 configuration
>
> # "/" mount point
> raiddev /dev/md0
> raid-level 1
> nr-raid-disks 2
> nr-spare-disks 0
> persistent-superblock 1
> chunk-size 128
>
> device /dev/hdb1
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/hda1
> failed-disk 1
>
> # "/swap" theoretical mount point /* don't do this it will crash the machine */
> raiddev /dev/md1
> raid-level 1
> nr-raid-disks 2
> nr-spare-disks 0
> persistent-superblock 1
> chunk-size 128
>
> device /dev/hdb2
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/hda2
> failed-disk 1
>
> # "/opt" mount point
> raiddev /dev/md2
> raid-level 1
> nr-raid-disks 2
> nr-spare-disks 0
> persistent-superblock 1
> chunk-size 128
>
> device /dev/hdb3
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/hda3
> failed-disk 1
>
> # "/usr" mount point
> raiddev /dev/md3
> raid-level 1
> nr-raid-disks 2
> nr-spare-disks 0
> persistent-superblock 1
> chunk-size 128
>
> device /dev/hdb5
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/hda5
> failed-disk 1
>
> # "/var" mount point
> raiddev /dev/md4
> raid-level 1
> nr-raid-disks 2
> nr-spare-disks 0
> persistent-superblock 1
> chunk-size 128
>
> device /dev/hdb6
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/hda6
> failed-disk 1
>
> # "/var/tmp" mount point
> raiddev /dev/md5
> raid-level 1
> nr-raid-disks 2
> nr-spare-disks 0
> persistent-superblock 1
> chunk-size 128
>
> device /dev/hdb7
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/hda7
> failed-disk 1
>
> # "/tmp" mount point
> raiddev /dev/md6
> raid-level 1
> nr-raid-disks 2
> nr-spare-disks 0
> persistent-superblock 1
> chunk-size 128
>
> device /dev/hdb8
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/hda8
> failed-disk 1
>
> Any assistance in resolving this problem and getting my RAID1 array
> up and running would be greatly appreciated...
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> --Chris
