sorry about that. I am using linux kernel 2.2.15, raidtools 0.90.0 and no raid
patch. I thought raid was in the kernel? i configured the kernel with raid
support. i still need to apply a patch?
Mike Black wrote:
> You don't say what version of anything you are running.
> What version of Linux?
> What version of raidtools?
> What RAID patch?
> My guess would be that you're using raidtool-0.90 and a stock Linux kernel
> (2.2.16?) without the 0.90 RAID kernel patch
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 3:36 PM
> Subject: linux software raid
>
> I am trying to use mkraid to setup a software raid array. I have 3 * 4G
> drives with a two partitions each. the first partition is a 64 byte
> block for an Apple Partition Map, the rest is a unix partition. I have
> setup the /etc/raidtab that is attached and when I try mkraid /dev/md0,
> it sees each of the disks/partitions it should be seeing, then aborts
> and tells me to look in syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues. I
> have attached my raidtab file and my proc/mdstat file and hope someone
> can point me in the right direction.
>
> --
> UNIX *is* user friendly. It is just very picky about who it's friends
> are.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> # Sample raid-5 configuration
> raiddev /dev/md0
> raid-level 5
> nr-raid-disks 3
> chunk-size 128
>
> # Parity placement algorithm
> #parity-algorithm left-asymmetric
> # the best one for maximum performance:
> parity-algorithm left-symmetric
> #parity-algorithm right-asymmetric
> #parity-algorithm right-symmetric
>
> # Spare disks for hot reconstruction
> #nr-spare-disks 0
>
> device /dev/sdb2
> raid-disk 0
> device /dev/sdc2
> raid-disk 1
> device /dev/sdd2
> raid-disk 2
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> Personalities : [1 linear] [2 raid0] [3 raid1] [4 raid5]
> read_ahead not set
> md0 : inactive
> md1 : inactive
> md2 : inactive
> md3 : inactive
--
UNIX *is* user friendly. It is just very picky about who it's friends are.
