Re: [PROBLEM] Can't start MD devices by using /dev/disk/by-id

2007-02-13 Thread Patrick Ale
> Just out of curiosity, why did you do this in such a manual way instead of just using the UUID? I would think every time you replace a failed drive you would have to go edit the files all over again. Oh, there is a very simple reason for that. These md arrays exist for a year of three

Re: [PROBLEM] Can't start MD devices by using /dev/disk/by-id

2007-02-13 Thread Bill Davidsen
Patrick Ale wrote: Hi chaps, I just came home, rebooted my box to git8 and *gasp* a problem :) I can't start my MD devices anymore by defining /dev/disk/by-id/* devices in /etc/mdadm.conf. When I do a: mdadm --assemble /dev/md/1 it tells me "No devices found for /dev/md/1" When I edit the

[PROBLEM] Can't start MD devices by using /dev/disk/by-id

2007-02-13 Thread Patrick Ale
Hi chaps, I just came home, rebooted my box to git8 and *gasp* a problem :) I can't start my MD devices anymore by defining /dev/disk/by-id/* devices in /etc/mdadm.conf. When I do a: mdadm --assemble /dev/md/1 it tells me "No devices found for /dev/md/1" When I edit the file /etc/mdadm.conf

[PROBLEM] Can't start MD devices by using /dev/disk/by-id

2007-02-13 Thread Patrick Ale
Hi chaps, I just came home, rebooted my box to git8 and *gasp* a problem :) I can't start my MD devices anymore by defining /dev/disk/by-id/* devices in /etc/mdadm.conf. When I do a: mdadm --assemble /dev/md/1 it tells me No devices found for /dev/md/1 When I edit the file /etc/mdadm.conf and

Re: [PROBLEM] Can't start MD devices by using /dev/disk/by-id

2007-02-13 Thread Bill Davidsen
Patrick Ale wrote: Hi chaps, I just came home, rebooted my box to git8 and *gasp* a problem :) I can't start my MD devices anymore by defining /dev/disk/by-id/* devices in /etc/mdadm.conf. When I do a: mdadm --assemble /dev/md/1 it tells me No devices found for /dev/md/1 When I edit the file

Re: [PROBLEM] Can't start MD devices by using /dev/disk/by-id

2007-02-13 Thread Patrick Ale
Just out of curiosity, why did you do this in such a manual way instead of just using the UUID? I would think every time you replace a failed drive you would have to go edit the files all over again. Oh, there is a very simple reason for that. These md arrays exist for a year of three