Hi,
i ran into a very strange problem.
I booted my system this morning only to discover that I could no longer
mount my /dev/md0. I shut down my system last night without any problems.
The only way I can mount it again is with mdadm --assembly /dev/md0
/dev/sda9 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
I have to do this every time the system is rebooted.
The distribution is debian unstable
mdadm - v1.0.1 - 20 May 2002
raidstart v0.3d compiled for md raidtools-0.90
Is there any way to permanently fix this error?
How did this happen, as i didn't do anything i can see related to this?
If you need any extra information please let me know.
Tommy
On Sunday August 4, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i ran into a very strange problem.
>
> I booted my system this morning only to discover that I could no longer
> mount my /dev/md0. I shut down my system last night without any problems.
>
> The only way I can mount it again is with mdadm --assembly /dev/md0
> /dev/sda9 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
> I have to do this every time the system is rebooted.
>
> The distribution is debian unstable
> mdadm - v1.0.1 - 20 May 2002
> raidstart v0.3d compiled for md raidtools-0.90
>
> Is there any way to permanently fix this error?
> How did this happen, as i didn't do anything i can see related to
> this?
Sounds to me like something changed in debian. 'unstable' is like
that.
It would appear that you aren't using autodetect partitions, so you
need to have either 'raidstart -a' or 'mdadm -As' run at boot time,
with appropriate config files: /etc/raidtab or /etc/mdadm.conf.
Check your rc scripts and config files, decide which one you want to
use, and make sure the right script is enabled and the right
configfile has appropriate information.
NeilBrown
> On Sunday August 4, [email protected] wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i ran into a very strange problem.
>>
>> I booted my system this morning only to discover that I could no
>> longer mount my /dev/md0. I shut down my system last night without any
>> problems.
>>
>> The only way I can mount it again is with mdadm --assembly /dev/md0
>> /dev/sda9 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
>> I have to do this every time the system is rebooted.
>>
>> The distribution is debian unstable
>> mdadm - v1.0.1 - 20 May 2002
>> raidstart v0.3d compiled for md raidtools-0.90
>>
>> Is there any way to permanently fix this error?
>> How did this happen, as i didn't do anything i can see related to
>> this?
>
> Sounds to me like something changed in debian. 'unstable' is like that.
I can imagine you feel like that, but this was not the case.
> It would appear that you aren't using autodetect partitions, so you need
> to have either 'raidstart -a' or 'mdadm -As' run at boot time, with
> appropriate config files: /etc/raidtab or /etc/mdadm.conf.
> Check your rc scripts and config files, decide which one you want to
> use, and make sure the right script is enabled and the right
> configfile has appropriate information.
>
Well, that's just it, I was/am using autodetect partitions.
if I run raidstart -a or raidstart /dev/md0 it says something like "
strarting /dev/md0 succes!". However when I try to mount it it fails, only
the mdmadm command seems to work?
Tommy
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On Tuesday August 6, [email protected] wrote:
> Well, that's just it, I was/am using autodetect partitions.
> if I run raidstart -a or raidstart /dev/md0 it says something like "
> strarting /dev/md0 succes!". However when I try to mount it it fails, only
> the mdmadm command seems to work?
I guess more detail is needed.
Can you give me complete dmesg logs of the booting processes,
particularly where it attempts to assemble the RAID array.
NeilBrown
On Tuesday August 6, [email protected] wrote:
> On Tuesday August 6, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Well, that's just it, I was/am using autodetect partitions.
> > if I run raidstart -a or raidstart /dev/md0 it says something like "
> > strarting /dev/md0 succes!". However when I try to mount it it fails, only
> > the mdmadm command seems to work?
>
> I guess more detail is needed.
> Can you give me complete dmesg logs of the booting processes,
> particularly where it attempts to assemble the RAID array.
oh... you did... sorry.
I had deleted the original email, but just found it at
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0208.0/0802.html
and there are attachments.
The dmesg makes me feel very sure that you aren't using autodetect.
Please provide:
fdisk -l /dev/sda
fdisk -l /dev/sdb
fdisk -l /dev/sdc
I don't understand why raidstart doesn't work.. Maybe you should show
me your /etc/raidtab as well.
NeilBrown
> I had deleted the original email, but just found it at
> http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0208.0/0802.html
> and there are attachments.
I owe you an aploogie, i indeed installed a bad version of raidtools, it
seems to be ok, now i have upgraded.
Bad ->128658 Aug 2 13:47 raidtools2_0.90.20010914
-19_i386.deb
Good -> 128742 Aug 5 01:32 raidtools2_0.90.20010914
-20_i386.deb
Thanks for your help nonetheless!
Tommy