On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 08:47:47AM -0700, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
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To: Linux Raid list (E-mail)
Subject: Re: FAQ update
[Luca Berra]
The patches for 2.2.14
for
your kernel, these patches haven't worked on other kernel revisions
yet.
i'd add: dont use netscape to fetch patches from mingo's site, it hurts
use lynx/wget/curl/lftp
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tells `tar' to read or write archives through `bzip2'.
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the separate patches that compose that
kernel in the ftp site as well.
strange i was never able to run lvm on top ov raid with 2.4
the lvm tools just don't guess what an md device is :(
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On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 11:17:18AM +0200, Martin Bene wrote:
"dangerous" tools. Bzw, has anyone checked what's different in this tools
package in comparison to the 19990824 release?
yes it raises the max number of devices per superblock!!!
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-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
this is the other two in raid1 (/dev/sdb)
please, stick to the redhat kernel (uhm get a newer one from updates.redhat.com)
stick to hardware raid since you have itavailable and let software raid alone
regards
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On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 05:07:05PM -0500, Craig Servin wrote:
Do either ext3 or Reiserfs work with a Raid1?
not on 2.2
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is 80 characters, but this is a bug, patch boot.S
or use lilo-21.4.3.
regards,
Luca
P.S. this has nothing to do with the md_boot argument
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-free_sh_list;
218 conf-free_sh_list = sh;
219 atomic_inc(conf-nr_free_sh);
220 }
attached are ksymoops and .config
thanks in advance for any help you can give me
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ksymoops 2.3.4 on i586 2.4.0
in favour of the page
cache, and this is, in part, why the rebuild code is totally
different in 2.3.99pre8+
now does anyone who looked at the 2.3/2.4 code know what exactly is the status
for the latest kernels??
Regards
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), in
a succesion made by SCSI IDs, and suppose after one reboot, the 3rd fail,
then the 4th will be the the 3rd? How wil affect the software raid
personality 5 this double change?
Did miss some documentatin?
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get the latest lilo from metalab, it understands raid
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On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 03:22:29AM -0700, Gavin Clark wrote:
Hi, I have a raid level 1 on 2 scsi drives and an IDE drive.
I'm trying to set MBR on all my drives so if the first one goes down the
system will still boot.
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On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 03:19:49PM -0400, Edward Schernau wrote:
The RAID patches will NOT patch cleanly (nor will much else)
on a Redhat-supplied kernel. Make sure you start with a
that maybe is beacuse the raid patch are already applied
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it will resync them one at a time for performance reasons.
L.
P.S. how about changing the message, this is starting to sound much
as the 'lp on fire' issue :)
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On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 07:34:32AM +0200, Jakob Østergaard wrote:
AFAIK there's no tool that can read one partition table and then
re-create it on another device in a clever way. You're right that
sfdisk (it is part of util-linux)
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pardon me?
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 02:03:36AM +0200, Thomas Rottler wrote:
Hi!
I have an autodetecting RAID1 swap set. The kernel does so all the work for
me...
Thomas
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feature, you create a snapshot at one point in time
then lvm will only write changes to the snapshot device, this enables you
to make consistent backups.
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a backup copy of disk with dd. Before i go bloody, do you have
any advice to me or any experience to share with me ?
thanx in advance,
try with something like fixdisktable by Gordon Chaffee, it should restore your
partition,
Regards,
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(scsi0:0:14:0) Synchronous at 80.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 31.
argh,
put tape and cdrom on a different scsi bus
besides that disks should be higer priority devices than othrt stuff
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On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 11:31:12AM +0100, Martin Bene wrote:
At 09:52 25.03.00, Mike Bilow wrote:
3. Create a swap file on /dev/md0 (which has been combined from /dev/hda1
and /dev/hdc1).
Never tried this, sorry.
has the same problem as swapping onto md0 :(((
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) over an md device
Regards,
Luca
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On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 02:46:36PM -, Matthew Clark wrote:
Is swapping on Hardware RAID safer than software RAID?
Matthew Clark.
yes, hardware raid should appear as a normal disk to linux
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(I've never tried it, or found myself in the
position, or tried setting up a test bed to provoke such a situation)
process will get killed randomly
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(pray, cross fingers, whatever)
undo modification of raidtab
raidhotadd the disk you marked as failed
if this does not work you may need to restore from tape.
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On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 03:13:32PM +, Carl L. Roy wrote:
I have just installed Mandrake 6.1 with mkraid version 0.90.0. The
Linux kernel that I am running is version 2.2.13-7mdk. When I attempt
download the kernel update from the mandrake ftp site
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error from my dds changer and it was filling
my logs during nightly backups.
i did not notice any ill effect for this.
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 12:54:36AM +0100, Email wrote:
hi
im running 2.2.14 with raidpatch raid0145-1999-0824-2.2.11 and raidtools
0.90
it works fine for me
this is quite interesting, since it shouldn't work :
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for resync to be complete (slowww)
3) i believe that resync may be safe if the fs is mounted
readonly. but i wouldn't swear on it.
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do sleep 1;done swapon $1
(needs to be smarter than that, to support swapon -a and swap on file)
regards,
Luca
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chance is to recreate the disk array.
make a conf file specifying as failed-disk the drive
you cut the power to, then mkraid, data should be there.
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a swapfile? That's what I do. No swap
yes, sorry.
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On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 08:32:13PM +0100, Johan Ekenberg wrote:
According to Mr. Luca Berra -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], swapping on RAID is not
it is not just according to me, it is Stephen Tweedie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
who spotted the bug. search the recent list archives for the previous
discussion
On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 12:11:30AM -0500, Wilson G. Hein wrote:
Do I need to apply the patch to the rpm'd RH source kernel 2.2.12-20? How
NO
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that option and create an initrd
should work.
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the partition table and rebooting
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) Linux systems are using autofs to mount it.
you should probably check hjlu's nfs patches to make it work
also there are som patches that support NFSv3 that is a great
boon.
stable, nfs ?!? arg
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, i doubt any of these card will work with linux :(
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On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 03:14:42PM -0500, Michel Pelletier wrote:
It looks to me like the [2/1] means only one of my two 'low level'
partitions below /dev/md2 is working. I don't know what the [U_] means,
it means the second partiotion is gone
U=ok
_=fubar
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x HA HOWTO:
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/linux-ha/High-Availability-HOWTO.html
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raid devices
in the shutdown/reboot/poweroff syscalls.
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if you have the raid1 code compiled as a module
(eg. redhat default kernel) do
mkinitrd --with raid1 /boot/initrd-2.2.5-15.img 2.2.5-15
and add the line initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.5-15.img
to your lilo.conf
Regards, Luca
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On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 04:58:34PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know when the raid 0.90 patch for kernel 2.2.13 should be
released?
I've looked at kernel.org but latest there is 2.2.11.
look in /pub/linux/kernel/alan/2.2.13ac
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On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 02:54:05PM -0500, Paramasivam Kartik wrote:
Do we need to patch Linux 2.2.9
before we can use the raidtools (like mkraid)
to install raid.
yes
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-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
2a2f3001e798473f10537033b4ea2bb4 kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
35b0450d35d42ba77b5066f1d90f9825 kernel-smp-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
ecdc2001887bccb5ba1543f9f4f41bad kernel-source-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
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with that 0.01-% :
Regards,
Luca
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raidtab and any
eventual messages in your syslog.
L.
P.S. the first that suggests that he patches his kernel
will win a "mongolino d'oro" (which is a special italian prize
for very smart people)
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On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 03:45:06PM +0200, michel wrote:
My version of linux is : Linux Version 2.2.9-27mdk
My version of mkraid is mkraid version 0.90.0
this is becoming a FAQ
see my answer to a previous poster
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it is possible to bypass the megaraid
for at lease one channel, it is the embedded netraid(remarketed megaraid)
on hp netservers LH3, you have to change a setting in the bios.
All other cards i tested (netraid 1, netraid3, netraid3si)
don't allow this option.
Regards,
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?? Have you patched it with the latest
RAID patches?
I'm running a stock rh 6.0 install. Where can i look to autodetect
and
start my
raid arrays?
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-2.2.13ac1
mandrake was unfortunate in that they included the raidtools package
but did not patch the kernel to support raid.
{to see if you have a patched kernel look for the "autodetecting raid"
message during bootup}
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by hand
regards,
Luca
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doesn't check the return code of
Was it rewitten recently? last time i checked it had mor buffer
overruns tahn lines of code :(((
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ED] I hate it when I make a simple problem
complicated!
really? :)
please use the sender header to sort majordomo mailing lists
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an oppinion on this ?
i asked dor the same thing some months ago:
!answer
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from a kernel.org mirror
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On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 10:33:58AM +0200, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
where can i find the latest patchs ?
you cannot. this is the problem
raid has not been ported to 2.3 kernels,
sorry
Luca
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raid...
no you don't just create an initrd with mkinitrd --with raid1 (or whatever)
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On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 02:13:18PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Will the Adaptec Raidport 3 ARO-11030U2 work with Linux?
NO
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*/
/* */
/* Written By: Keith Mitchell, IBM Corporation */
/* */
/* Copyright (C) 1999 IBM Corporation*/
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like.
try `grep autorun_array /boot/System.map'
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that are not in
the stock kernel
get the patches from ftp.xx.kernel.org
and rebuild.
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filesystem.
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hello,
what about adding the line
http://ostenfeld.dk/~jakob/Software-RAID.HOWTO/
at the end of every mail that comes from the list?
Regards,
Luca
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mknod /dev/md1 b 9 1
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the new raid code works with old raidtools
do you see anything in syslog?
what about using strace mdadd ... if syslog does not work
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Regards,
Luca
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do not use raid 0, i consider it suicidal/i have no use for it
except as in part of raid0+1 (don't flame me, i won'tchange
idea)
but if i were in you i'd take a look at the raid0run tool
from the last raidtool-0.90
regards,
Luca
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RAID, so they're not safe to use in any case.
DO NOT USE THIS PATCH ON 2.2.10!! In fact, do not use ANY RAID patch
on a kernel above 2.2.6 until an official patch exists and the
filesystem problems in the vanilla 2.2.x, x6 problems have been
resolved.
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Luca
P.S. (for Felix) you can build an N-way mirror (n2) for
added redundancy, also please quote only relevant parts
of a message when replying.
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.
but the problem exists and has been reported by different people
in different conditions.
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e /dev/md0
analyzing super-block
disk 0: /dev/hdc1, 11255296kB, raid superblock at 11255232kB
cannot upgrade magic-less superblock on /dev/hdc1 ...
this message means "YOU DO NOT NEED TO UPGRADE"
mkraid --upgrade is used only if you have a suberblock, and you don't.
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if you do, it is not just a matter
of having patch return with status 0.
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if you start it manually with
raidstart /dev/md5???
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On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 01:41:10AM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
On Tue, 25 May 1999, Luca Berra wrote:
On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 04:31:01PM -0400, Fred Reimer wrote:
Second, where can I get patches for the alpha raid tools that RedHat chose
to put in their version of the kernel
works reliably with the latest raid patches.
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partition, then test and configure the kernel, then boot from raid and
install the complete system. Is this correct?
this is a third way, but it is long, boring and just a pain in the ass if
you already installed.
btw, fourth way involves using a tape drive. :(
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systems sooner or later.
anyway some swap space may be needed since there are process that allocate
tons of virtual memory, and they don't use it.
if the machine swaps occasionally i think it is acceptable
if i have to use swap i wan't it on a raid device.
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disks
to an existing lu without low level reformatting it, it has nothing to
do with partitions
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/fs/raw-19990326.tar.gz
4 -r--r--r-- 10.0K 1999 Mar 26 ftp.icm.edu.pl
/vol/rzm0/linux-uk/sct/fs/raw-19990326.tar.gz
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issues. I know I have to run fsck
against the md devices, but I'm not sure how this works with the RAID
automounter.
md devices are the same as normal disk device wrt filesystems
so you just have to fsck /dev/mdX
Regards,
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is a e2fsck to do this)?
Regards: Jim Ford
1)either use mke2fs -c to check the filesystem or
mke2fs -l bad block file
2) e2fsck -c (i think it was introduced in v1.10) will check for bad blocks
3) consider using your hard disk as a paperweight.
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a solution might be reserving enough pages in kernel memory
to handle raid, can this need be calculated
Regards,
Luca
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been instructed to trash the raidtools rpm and the rc.sysinit script
there should be not many people running the old raid on rh52.
but please please please someone find some time to rewrite
the initscripts package.
Regards,
Luca
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0128-2.2.1-devfs-v90 is supposed to apply over kernel 2.2.1
with the devfs patch already applied (devfs can be found on www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch)
but you DO need a very recent libc5 or glibc2.1
Luca
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releases?
I tought it was their responsability. Anyway I won't post any bugfix
to a mailbot that answers suggesting you did something wrong
and directs you somehwere else for help.
Regards,
Luca
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, if
there is some support under Linux?
Doesn't ICP Vortex make a fibre channel RAID controller that supports
linux?
I also believe that in Alan Cox patches to 2.2 there is a driver
for a Qlogic fc controller.
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not be needed anymore.
P.S. Can someone direct me to the devfs patches?
http://www.antf.csiro.au/~rgooch/
but it is NOT compatible with raid patches (well, until i find some time
to release another raid+devfs patch)
Luca
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On Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 11:32:34PM -0800, Aaron D. Turner wrote:
Handeling MD device /dev/md0
analysing super block
invalid chunk size (0Kb)
mkraid: aborting
put a chunk-size line in your raidtab, eg.
chunk-size 128
Regards,
Luca
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to the kernel???
In the QuickStart.RAID file, it says that mkraid will work like:
raid documentation is outdated, use the source Luke.
.
/dev/md0: Invalid argument
is there anything in the syslog???
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out of the raid otherwise lilo will complain).
Regards.
Luca
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not define buffer_page anymore
i am stuck
any hints someone, Ingo???
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booting from a raid1 device, but it isn't so
easy, lilo tries to determine the geometry of the md device and this
is a no-no, probably i should try adding an option to lilo.conf like
md0=/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1
and then do things twice in the lilo code, but i am sooo lazy :(((
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and WIPE ALL REFERENCES to raidadd and raidstop from
/etc/rc.d/init.d/halt
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
(they must have smoked some very good floppyes when they wrote those)
regards, Luca
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ro /dev/sdY /mnt;tar cvf /dev/stZ /mnt;umount /mnt
(or dump 0f /dev/stZ /dev/sdY)
raidhotadd /dev/mdX /dev/sdY
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