From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Viau Subject: RE: Impact of missing parameter during mdadm create Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 09:47:58 -0500 Message-ID: References: ,<1299307055.4999.8.camel@tankquad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1299307055.4999.8.camel@tankquad> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Cc: linuxraid@kendrummond.com List-Id: linux-raid.ids > On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 16:37:35 +1000 wrote: >=20 > > On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 23:22 -0500, Mike Viau wrote: > >=A0 > > Attached HOST_SYSLOG.txt is the _complete_ syslog after a system re= boot showing only 2 drives are assembled automatically on boot, and the= array is degraded. > >=20 > >=20 >=20 > OK, I guess I should have thought of this before, your syslog shows t= hat > sdd is attached as a USB device and is not discovered until after md0 > has been assembled (using all the devices available at the time). I'= m > not sure how you would make md auto assembly wait until after your US= B > device has been discovered. Hopefully someone else here can provide > some advice, although it's not strictly a linux-raid issue there are > quite a few helpful people here. >=20 > I'm pretty sure if you replaced the USB device with another SATA devi= ce > things would work as you expected. Another alternative may be to not > have that array auto assembled but wait and assemble after the boot i= s > finished, this could probably be scripted. >=20 > Ken. >=20 Well that about explains it, thanks for your help and time :) I am going to mark this thread as [solved] for now, the issue was not w= ith the missing=A0parameter, but with the drive missing being connected= to the usb bus. When I get a moment later today I'll search around to = see what others in this situations have done. If all else fails and I d= on't find anything or I just find the quick and dirty script fixes, the= n I will post a new thread looking for suggestions. I guess I could open up my hard drive enclosure too, but in doing so I'= d be voiding the=A0warranty=A0I have left on it. Regardless thanks again Ken! -M -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html