From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tyler Subject: Re: confused raid1 Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:41:58 -0700 Message-ID: <4300C5D6.3090706@dtbb.net> References: <4300BC7E.6030009@dtbb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Jon Lewis Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Try this suggestion (regarding modules.conf). https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003-December/msg05205.html Tyler. Jon Lewis wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Tyler wrote: > >> A few questions: >> >> a) what kernel version are you using? >> b) what mdadm version are you using? >> c) what messages conscerning the raid are in the log when its failing >> one of the drives and making hdc1 an active drive? >> d) what linux distribution (and version) are you using? > > > The server is RH 8.0. The kernel is a 3rd party "meant for RH 8" one, > 2.4.20-28_36.rh8.0.atsmp. We've had alot of issues with drivers for > the QLA2100 FC host adapter and XFS, so I'm somewhat hesitant to try > different kernels. Last one we tried was a 2.4.31 snapshot from SGI's > cvs (supposed to have the latest/greatest XFS driver, and I'd added > the latest QLA2100 driver module from qlogic to it). In that kernel, > NFS export of XFS was broken. Clients could mount, but not actually > read files. > > It's quite probable, that before the following reboot, md1 was hdc1 > and hde1. > > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: created md1 > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: bind > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: bind > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: bind > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: running: > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: hdg1's event counter: 000000b0 > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: hde1's event counter: 000000b4 > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: hdc1's event counter: 000000b4 > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: superblock update time inconsistency -- > using the most recent one > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: freshest: hde1 > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: kicking non-fresh hdg1 from array! > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: unbind > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: export_rdev(hdg1) > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: RAID level 1 does not need chunksize! > Continuing anyway. > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k > md-personality-3, errno = 2 > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: personality 3 is not loaded! > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md :do_md_run() returned -22 > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: md1 stopped. > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: unbind > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: export_rdev(hde1) > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: unbind > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: export_rdev(hdc1) > Aug 9 02:02:39 kernel: md: ... autorun DONE. > > mdadm - v1.4.0 - 29 Oct 2003 (not exactly the latest) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jon Lewis | I route > Senior Network Engineer | therefore you are > Atlantic Net | _________ > http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.9/72 - Release Date: 8/14/2005