Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-23 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote: On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:54:32 -0500 Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote:  I think I found a significant glitch.. I appears that mdadm is  

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-22 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote:  I think I found a significant glitch.. I appears that mdadm is  confused.  I think it happened when I created the /dev/md2 array from  the new disks.  It looks like the metadata 1.2 vs 0.90 configs is the  culprit...

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-22 Thread Jack Schneider
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:54:32 -0500 Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote:  I think I found a significant glitch.. I appears that mdadm is  confused.  I think it happened when I created the /dev/md2 array from the new

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-21 Thread Jack Schneider
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:31:29 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: It booted to the correct grub menu then to Busy Box. I am thinking it goes to BB because it can't find /var and or /usr on the md1/sda5 LVM partition. Very likely. I checked /proc/mdstat and

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-18 Thread Jack Schneider
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:43:16 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: mdadm --stop /dev/md125 mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 --update=super-minor /dev/sda1 /dev/sdc1 mdadm --stop /dev/126 mdadm --assemble /dev/md1

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-18 Thread Jack Schneider
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:43:16 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: mdadm --stop /dev/md125 mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 --update=super-minor /dev/sda1 /dev/sdc1 mdadm --stop /dev/126 mdadm --assemble /dev/md1

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-18 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Jack Schneider wrote: Both /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab show entries for /dev/md126.. What the ... ? After you modified thei files in the real filesystem, did you update the initramfs? -- One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-18 Thread Jack Schneider
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:19:11 -0200 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Jack Schneider wrote: Both /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab show entries for /dev/md126.. What the ... ? After you modified thei files in the real filesystem, did you update the

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Jack Schneider wrote: It booted to the correct grub menu then to Busy Box. I am thinking it goes to BB because it can't find /var and or /usr on the md1/sda5 LVM partition. Very likely. I checked /proc/mdstat and lo behold there was md1:active with correct partitions and md0: active also

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-17 Thread Jack Schneider
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:42:49 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack, With your pastebin information and the mdstat information (that last information in your mail and pastebins was critical good stuff) and I found this old posting from you too: :-)

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. 2nd Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-17 Thread Jack Schneider
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:19:03 -0600 Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote: On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:42:49 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack, With your pastebin information and the mdstat information (that last information in your mail and pastebins was critical good

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: But, and this is an important but, did you previously add the new disk array to the LVM volume group on the above array? If so then you are not done yet. The LVM volume group won't be able to assemble without the new disk. If you did then you

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-17 Thread Jack Schneider
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:48:29 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: will be well.. I have my fingers crossed for you that it will all be okay. I have not done the things you have suggested above. I'll wait for your response and then go!!!

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Note that if you add new disk to the lvm root volume group then you also need to rebuild the initrd or your system won't be able to assemble the array at boot time and will fail to boot. (Saying that mostly for people who find this in the archive

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-17 Thread Jack Schneider
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:48:29 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: But, and this is an important but, did you previously add the new disk array to the LVM volume group on the above array? If so then you are not done yet. The LVM volume group

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-17 Thread Jack Schneider
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:50:12 -0600 Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:48:29 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: But, and this is an important but, did you previously add the new disk array to the LVM

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: mdadm --stop /dev/md125 mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 --update=super-minor /dev/sda1 /dev/sdc1 mdadm --stop /dev/126 mdadm --assemble /dev/md1 --update=super-minor /dev/sda5 /dev/sdc5 Bob, a small glitch. mdadm:/dev/sda1 exists but is not

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-16 Thread Jack Schneider
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:57:46 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-16 Thread Jack Schneider
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:57:46 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-16 Thread Jack Schneider
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:57:46 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system. Corrections!!!!!

2011-01-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Jack, With your pastebin information and the mdstat information (that last information in your mail and pastebins was critical good stuff) and I found this old posting from you too: :-) http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/10/msg00808.html With all of that I deduce the following:

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Jack Schneider
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:16:37 -0500 Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote: [BIG SNIP] You might want to try configuring grub and fstab to use UUID's instead of /dev/mdX.  That removes the possibility that the kernel will change the mdX designations. Use blkid to find out the UUID's of your

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Jack Schneider
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:25:45 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I configured a new array using Disk Utility from a

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Jack Schneider wrote: You might want to try configuring grub and fstab to use UUID's instead of /dev/mdX.  That removes the possibility that the kernel will change the mdX designations. Use blkid to find out the UUID's of your partitions. Whatever you do, NEVER

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Jack Schneider
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:06:11 -0200 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Jack Schneider wrote: You might want to try configuring grub and fstab to use UUID's instead of /dev/mdX.  That removes the possibility that the kernel will change the mdX

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Jack Schneider
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:25:45 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I configured a new array using Disk Utility from a

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote: On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:16:37 -0500 Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote: [BIG SNIP] You might want to try configuring grub and fstab to use UUID's instead of /dev/mdX.  That removes the possibility that the kernel

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Jack Schneider wrote: You might want to try configuring grub and fstab to use UUID's instead of /dev/mdX.  That removes the possibility that the kernel will change the mdX

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote: On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:25:45 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Jack Schneider wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I configured a new array using Disk Utility from a live Ubuntu CD. That's

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Tom H wrote: On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Jack Schneider wrote: You might want to try configuring grub and fstab to use UUID's instead of /dev/mdX.  That removes the possibility that the

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-14 Thread Jack Schneider
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:43:53 -0500 Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:23:11AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I configured a new array using Disk Utility from a live Ubuntu CD. That's where I screwed up... The end result was the names

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-14 Thread Jack Schneider
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:06:17 -0600 Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:43:53 -0500 Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:23:11AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-14 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:23:11AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I configured a

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-14 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:43:53 -0500 Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:23:11AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago)

Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-13 Thread Jack Schneider
I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I configured a new array using Disk Utility from a live Ubuntu CD. That's where I screwed up... The end result was the names of the arrays were

Re: Grub2 reinstall on raid1 system.

2011-01-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:23:11AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: I have a raid1 based W/S running Debian Squeeze uptodate. (was until ~7 days ago) There are 4 drives, 2 of which had never been used or formatted. I configured a new array using Disk Utility from a live Ubuntu CD. That's where I