From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Robinson Subject: Re: RAID halting Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:17:14 +0100 Message-ID: <49D903BA.8000000@anonymous.org.uk> References: <20090405185421.RJPR28081.cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com@Leslie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090405185421.RJPR28081.cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com@Leslie> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: lrhorer@satx.rr.com Cc: 'Drew' , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 05/04/2009 19:54, Leslie Rhorer wrote: >>> The problem started immediately the last time I >>> rebuilt the array and formatted it as Reiserfs, after moving the drives >>> out of the old RAID chassis. >> What file system were you using before ReiserFS? > > Several, actually. Since the RAID array kept crashing, I had to re-create > it numerous times. [...] >> your culprit is higher up the chain, ie the FS. > > I've suspected this may be the case from the outset. I'm sorry? You've repeatedly had trouble with this system, this array, you've tried several filesystems; do you think they're *ALL* broken? Cheers, John.