kell...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm trying to have everything except /home mounted on wd0, with /home > mounted on a RAID 1 array comprising wd1a and wd2a. There are no other > partitions on wd1 and wd2. (Unless you count the c partition.) > > I tried to prepare wd1 and wd2 with: > # fdisk -i wd1 > # disklabel -E wd1 > and following the prompts. After writing the disklabel, here's the > output: > # disklabel wd1 > # Inside MBR partition 3: type A6 start 63 size 488392002 > # /dev/rwd1c: > type: ESDI > disk: ESDI/IDE disk > label: WDC WD2500AAJB-0 > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 255 > sectors/cylinder: 16065 > cylinders: 30401 > total sectors: 488397168 > rpm: 3600 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # microseconds > track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 16 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > a: 488392002 63 RAID > c: 488397168 0 unused 0 0 > > So far so good. Following some advice I found on the web [1][2], I > continued with: > # newfs wd1a
I looked. Your "advice" does not tell you to newfs your raw RAID partition. Go read it again. I REALLY recommend UNDERSTANDING how this works, not just blindly following someone's recipe. That's the difference between a RAID system that will save you a lot of downtime vs. one that will CAUSE you a lot of downtime. You are definitely working on "cause" right now. you MUST understand how your RAID system works, otherwise you WILL lose data and time. Nick.
