Re: trouble setting up raid1
Hi Bill, On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 10:56:11AM -0800, Bill wrote: > I'd guess that it's highly unlikely that there's a maximum number of > Raid partitions, although I could live with it, but why is Partman > rejecting my overtures? Can you try switching to the virtual console and setting up the RAID manually using mdadm commands as you would do on a running server? If that works then a bug against the installer would probably be appropriate. > And BTW is there any way to unlock or back out of a raid setup during > configuration just in case I need to change something. How can I > delete a raid device and start over if I have to? fdisk? I have had partman become massively confused by previous contents of disks before. I've used wipefs to get rid of signatures so partman would be happy. Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
trouble setting up raid1
Hi, I'm trying to install a twelfth raid 1 partition on Jessie 8.5 and a 5 TB HDD using gpt. Raid partitions 0 through 10 have presented no problem, but the twelfth pair of partitions won't pair up. After I've selected /dev/sda12 and /dev/sdb12, Continue and then Finish from the menu, I've still only got Raid device numbers 0-10. /dev/sda12 and /dev/sdb12 remain unlocked and available for reconfiguration - unlike devices 0-10 which show up on the main menu as Raid devices. I'd guess that it's highly unlikely that there's a maximum number of Raid partitions, although I could live with it, but why is Partman rejecting my overtures? And BTW is there any way to unlock or back out of a raid setup during configuration just in case I need to change something. How can I delete a raid device and start over if I have to? fdisk? Bill
