From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mauricio Subject: Re: raid is read-only? (debian/sarge) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:15:18 -0500 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Return-path: In-Reply-To: To: Gordon Henderson Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids At 12:32 +0000 3/26/04, Gordon Henderson wrote: >On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Mauricio wrote: > >> I have 2 120GB IDE drives in the second IDE controller of a >> P4 debian/sarge box that I would like to set up as a raid1 array. >> Using info from the following links, > >Are you aware that using 2 disks on the same controller is generally >regarded as a "bad thing"[tm]? > >I had personally lost access to a 2nd drive when one drive on the same bit >of cable failed. Fortunately in my case, I didn't lose data on the good >drive, but I wasunable to access it until I powered the PC down and >removed the failed drive. > >Read the paragraph under "Fault Survival" at: > > http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-4.html > >I'm sure you know this... Just checking.... Actually, I was not aware of that. Thanks for scaring me! =) That said, hopefully this setup will not stay long like that; it is almost a validation/test setup. > > >> laurel:/# mount -o rw /dev/md0 /mnt > >Looks like you forgot to mkfs the new md0 device.. I did forget that indeed! Thanks! Now all is well. =)