> -----Original Message-----
> From: Werner Reisberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 8:47 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: mkraid aborted - no clue
>
>
> I just started the first time to use raidtools, wanted to
> create a RAID 1
> device. The mkraid command aborted with the following message:
>
> machine:~# 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/sdb13, 2056288kB, raid superblock at 2056192kB
> disk 1: /dev/sdc13, 2056288kB, raid superblock at 2056192kB
> mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for
> potential clues.
>
> I didn't find any clues in syslog or other log files and this is in
> /proc/mdstat:
>
> Personalities : [1 linear] [2 raid0] [3 raid1]
> read_ahead not set
> md0 : inactive
> md1 : inactive
> md2 : inactive
> md3 : inactive
This is what /proc/mdstat looks like from the old RAID code. You seem to be
using the new raid tools with the old code. Patch your kernel with the
patch from http://www.redhat.com/~mingo/ for 2.2.14, or from kernel.org for
older kernels.
Greg
