In the event that someone with more insight to this issue doesn't respond,
here's my suggestion. Try removing the "spare-disks" line from raidtab.
Spare disks are not a consideration for linear mode. Perhaps it's presence
confuses things?
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Bravick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux-Raid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 7:48 PM
Subject: failure to initialize linear RAID device
> Sorry for the mundane problem, but I have absolutely no clue why this
> doesn't work. I have 3 machines successfully running the Linux RAID
> stuff, but this one "just won't work."
>
> Mandrak (Redhat) 6.1 stock install
> kernel 2.2.13-4mdk
> raidtools-19990824-0.90
>
> {94} root@bleeder:~$ cat /etc/raidtab
> raiddev /dev/md0
> raid-level linear
> nr-raid-disks 10
> nr-spare-disks 0
> persistent-superblock 1
> chunk-size 16
> device /dev/hda3
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/hda4
> raid-disk 1
> device /dev/hdc2
> raid-disk 2
> device /dev/hdc3
> raid-disk 3
> device /dev/hdd1
> raid-disk 4
> device /dev/hdd2
> raid-disk 5
> device /dev/hde1
> raid-disk 6
> device /dev/hde2
> raid-disk 7
> device /dev/hdg1
> raid-disk 8
> device /dev/hdg2
> raid-disk 9
>
> {95} root@bleeder:~$ cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities :
> read_ahead not set
> md0 : inactive
> md1 : inactive
> md2 : inactive
> md3 : inactive
>
> {96} root@bleeder:~$ mkraid --really-force /dev/md0
> DESTROYING the contents of /dev/md0 in 5 seconds, Ctrl-C if unsure!
> handling MD device /dev/md0
> analyzing super-block
> disk 0: /dev/hda3, 16659405kB, raid superblock at 16659328kB
> disk 1: /dev/hda4, 17824117kB, raid superblock at 17824000kB
> disk 2: /dev/hdc2, 17711662kB, raid superblock at 17711552kB
> disk 3: /dev/hdc3, 17824117kB, raid superblock at 17824000kB
> disk 4: /dev/hdd1, 17848183kB, raid superblock at 17848064kB
> disk 5: /dev/hdd2, 17824117kB, raid superblock at 17824000kB
> disk 6: /dev/hde1, 17848183kB, raid superblock at 17848064kB
> disk 7: /dev/hde2, 17824117kB, raid superblock at 17824000kB
> disk 8: /dev/hdg1, 17848183kB, raid superblock at 17848064kB
> disk 9: /dev/hdg2, 17824117kB, raid superblock at 17824000kB
> mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues.
>
> {97} root@bleeder:~$ cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities :
> read_ahead not set
> md0 : inactive
> md1 : inactive
> md2 : inactive
> md3 : inactive
>
> Syslog shows nothing. I've tried every combination of drives and
> personalities that I can think of. My other (working) boxes are all
> Redhat 6.0 with 2.2.5. Did something quietly break along the way?
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>
> --
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> -- Eric Bravick, Engineering Shock Trooper --
> --- Networked Knowledge Systems ---
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