From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nix Subject: Re: FailSpare event? Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:59:43 +0000 Message-ID: <87d55gdpsg.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> References: <17830.47341.560158.521091@notabene.brown> <200701121534.17618.earny@net4u.de> <873b6ere4s.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> <87k5zqpkfb.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> <45ABA3E4.3050800@tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: In-Reply-To: <45ABA3E4.3050800@tmr.com> (Bill Davidsen's message of "Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:55:16 -0500") Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Bill Davidsen Cc: earny@net4u.de, Neil Brown , Mike , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 15 Jan 2007, Bill Davidsen told this: > Nix wrote: >> Number Major Minor RaidDevice State >> 0 8 6 0 active sync /dev/sda6 >> 1 8 22 1 active sync /dev/sdb6 >> 3 22 5 2 active sync /dev/hdc5 >> >> Number Major Minor RaidDevice State >> 0 8 23 0 active sync /dev/sdb7 >> 1 8 7 1 active sync /dev/sda7 >> 3 3 5 2 active sync /dev/hda5 >> >> 0, 1, and *3*. Where has number 2 gone? (And how does `Number' differ >> from `RaidDevice'? Why have both?) >> >> > Did you ever move the data to these drives from another? I think this > is what you see when you migrate by adding a drive as a spare, then > mark an existing drive as failed, so the data is rebuilt on the new > drive. Was there ever a device 2? Nope. These arrays were created in one lump and never had a spare. Plenty of pvmoves have happened on them, but that's *inside* the arrays, of course... -- `He accused the FSF of being "something of a hypocrit", which shows that he neither understands hypocrisy nor can spell.' --- jimmybgood