Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:40:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:40:01 -0500 Received: from tone.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU ([129.94.242.28]:16259 "HELO tone.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:39:41 -0500 From: Neil Brown To: Cyrille Chepelov Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:42:26 +1100 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15462.59714.671946.156442@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, andre@linux-ide.org, jmontpezat@nerim.net Subject: Re: [RAID-soft,ATA,WD] problems with a RAID5 disc not detected In-Reply-To: message from Cyrille Chepelov on Sunday February 10 In-Reply-To: <20020210205653.GA20212@calixo.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under Emacs 20.7.2 X-face: [Gw_3E*Gng}4rRrKRYotwlE?.2|**#s9D > *However*, every time I boot, even though the disc is properly detected and > its partition table read, the new WD (40 Gb) discs's partitions are ignored > by the RAID5 autodetector. When the machine hits runlevel 2, it is possible > to manually raidhotadd back the partitions, and after the reconstruction is > complete, things seem to work normally, but there is obviously something > wrong. Are you sure that you set the partition type properly for the partitions in the new drive. i.e. set it to FD ?? NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/