From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert L. Harris" Subject: Re: "failed-disk" ? Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:32:53 -0500 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030320213253.GP13201@rdlg.net> References: <20030320212250.GO13201@rdlg.net> <20030320212951.GA30142@marowsky-bree.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OmL7C/BU0IhhC9Of" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030320212951.GA30142@marowsky-bree.de> To: Lars Marowsky-Bree Cc: Linux-Raid List-Id: linux-raid.ids --OmL7C/BU0IhhC9Of Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable No but according to the RAID HOWTO it says it's a valid keyword for when you need to build a mirror with a failed/missing disk (i.e. converting root to raid and can't kill your existing /) Thus spake Lars Marowsky-Bree (lmb@suse.de): > On 2003-03-20T16:22:50, > "Robert L. Harris" said: >=20 > > I'm trying to "mkraid /dev/md1" with the following: > >=20 > > raiddev /dev/md1 > > raid-level 1 > > nr-raid-disks 2 > > nr-spare-disks 0 > > chunk-size 16 > > persistent-superblock 1 > > device failed-disk > > raid-disk 0 > > device /dev/sdb1 > > raid-disk 1 > >=20 > > I'm trying to convert this machine to raid1 on root. Don't ask about > > the md1, long story. At any rate when I do the mkraid I get this: > >=20 > > root@rharris-build2:~# mkraid /dev/md1 > > handling MD device /dev/md1 > > analyzing super-block > > couldn't call stat() on device failed-disk -- No such file or directory > > mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues. >=20 > Does your system have a device named 'failed-disk' ? I would assume not ;= -) >=20 >=20 > Sincerely, > Lars Marowsky-Br?e >=20 > --=20 > SuSE Labs - Research & Development, SuSE Linux AG > =20 > "If anything can go wrong, it will." "Chance favors the prepared (mind)." > -- Capt. Edward A. Murphy -- Louis Pasteur :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | PGP Key ID: E344DA3B @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu=20 DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. Diagnosis: witzelsucht =09 IPv6 =3D robert@ipv6.rdlg.net http://ipv6.rdlg.net IPv4 =3D robert@mail.rdlg.net http://www.rdlg.net --OmL7C/BU0IhhC9Of Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ejOF8+1vMONE2jsRAq8TAKDWtSpy6jNAUZ9YVSUh4+eYif2GtACfehP8 v7Ji33bYFjvvfw7ayL1NI5E= =k7m9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OmL7C/BU0IhhC9Of--