Mandrake doesn't have RAID support built into the kernel AFAIK.
I was trying to do the same thing you're doing using Mandrake 6.0.
Below is an e-mail I received from Mandrake...
dear Richard Fernandez,
you should recompile the kernel with raid support or use the RedHat
compiled kernel which already has that.
sincerely,
--
Florin Grad
(Technical Support Team)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ----------
> From: Bill Carlson[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 4:17 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: mkraid aborts, no info?
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to setup your basic RAID0 Software raid and running into some
> problems.
>
> Details:
>
> Mandrake 6.1,(not RedHat!)
> Kernel 2.2.13 and 2.2.12
> 2 SCSI drives, completely seperate from root, 4 GB each
>
> My test raidtab (/etc/raidtab.test)
>
> raiddev /dev/md0
> raid-level 0
> nr-raid-disks 2
> persistent-superblock 1
> chunk-size 8
>
> device /dev/sdb1
> raid-disk 0
>
> device /dev/sdc1
> raid-disk 1
>
>
>
>
> When I run mkraid I get the following:
>
> [root@washu /root]# mkraid -c /etc/raidtab.test /dev/md0
> handling MD device /dev/md0
> analyzing super-block
> disk 0: /dev/sdb1, 4192933kB, raid superblock at 4192832kB
> disk 1: /dev/sdc1, 4192933kB, raid superblock at 4192832kB
> mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues.
>
> Output from /proc/mdstat:
>
> [root@washu /root]# chkraid
> Personalities : [2 raid0]
> read_ahead not set
> md0 : inactive
> md1 : inactive
> md2 : inactive
> md3 : inactive
> [root@washu /root]#
>
> Nothing of note in syslogd (*.* >> /dev/tty12)
>
> Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?
>
> I just joined the list, are there any searchable archives?
> Is a kernel patch still required for the 2.2.1x series?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Bill Carlson
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> Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Opinions are mine,
> Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/ | not my employer's.
> University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics |
>
>
>
