Thanks John! Still no go....sigh. Ran the following line...still errors on 'invalid raid level =5' mdadm --create /dev/md0 --force --chunk=64 -l=5 -n=4 -x=0 /dev/hde /dev/hdf /dev/hdg /dev/hdh
Perhaps Suse tweaked the mdadm to force a spare drive? Seems the only way it accepts Raid 5. I'll have to go with that for now I guess. Thanks for the response and the help! Steve -----Original Message----- From: John Andersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 29, 2007 9:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [opensuse] MDADM - can't force build with 4 disks On Thursday 29 March 2007, Steve Pritchard wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to build a 4 disk ATA raid with OpenSuse 10.2. In both the > Yast module and CLI using mdadm I get the same error: invalid raid > level: =raid5 > > My command line looks like this: > mdadm --create --force /dev/md0 --chunk=64 -l=raid5 -n=4 /dev/hde > /dev/hdf /dev/hdg /dev/hdh > > Both Yast and the CLI will allow the build using 3 disks and a > spare...but --force SHOULD tell mdadm to use all disks for the > array....and it does not seem to work. > > Any thoughts and ideas appreciated! > > cheers, > > Steve Also Steve, try just 5 instead of raid5. Both should work, but who knows. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
