In that case, your problem exceeds the level of my experience, My apology.
Do please let us know your solution when you find it. On Dec 22, 11:39 pm, lrhorer <[email protected]> wrote: > No, the drives are SATA, and it's a Silicon Image controller with port > multipliers. As I already mentioned, the array is using mdadm for > management. The controller is dumb as a post - no pun intended. > > On Dec 22, 10:21 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Is this a SCSI array? If so what type of controller are you using? > > > My Compaq servers use a seperate "card specific" utility to set up the > > array before the OS ever gets a look at it. I wonder if the DRAM on > > your controller card has lost its programming during the crash. > > > On Dec 21, 2:28 pm, lrhorer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am in serious need of some help. I have a RAID 6 array running > > > under Debian "Lenny" Linux using mdadm. I have a 10 disc array set > > > up, and I suffered a system failure requiring a reboot. Now, the > > > array won't start. When I attempt to run --assemble, it thinks 3 of > > > the drives are spare, so it won't run the array. I tried manually > > > assembling the array by writing to /sys/block/md0/md/dev-sd*/slot, but > > > the system won't let me write to any of the directories, I assume > > > because the array is not running. How can I force mdadm to assemble > > > and run at least 8 of the drives? The issue which caused the drives > > > to fail and then the system to halt has been resolved, but I can't > > > figure out how to get the array back online without losing everything > > > on the drives. To answer the obvious question, I do have a backup > > > system, but it failed 3 days ago, and it's going to be a while before > > > the backup system can be repaired. > > > > If it's relevant, the drives are all unpartitioned, and the array is > > > also unpartitioned, formatted as one large ext2 file system. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
