Re: n2100, failed raid 1 disk: cannot shutdown
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 05:35:58PM +0200, Michele Bini wrote:
> Uhm, you are obviously right: let's say that when I partitioned the
> disks I didn't have swap space resiliency at the front of my thoughts.
What's the point of raid1 if the machine crashes and looses current data
if a disk fails? That's what most likely will happen when you loose
part of swap.
> The swap partition on the dead disk actually had some swap in use (48
> blocks, per /proc/swaps) but swapoff seems to be capable to stop using
> it or at least it doesn't complain and the dead partition disappears
> from /proc/swaps.
>
> But still no reboot. Do you think it is really messed up (I don't
> understand how the process(es) those 48 pages belonged to can survive
> without them) and there is no hope of a clean shutdown?
There is no way you can shutdown with swap in use that can't be
accessed.
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Len Sorensen
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