On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 00:11, Greg wrote: > Hello, > I have a pc that I use as a fileserver and I have recently migrated it from > RH 7.3 to Debian Woody (with some stuff from Sarge and Sid in it). I have 6 > disks in the pc as follows: > > System/OS /dev/hda 4.2 GB > data /dev/hdo 40 GB > data /dev/hdm 80 GB > data /dev/hde 203 GB > data /dev/hdi 203 GB > data /dev/hdk 203 GB > > I want to set up 3 disk RAID 5 array using mdadm and software raid. RH had > no problem with it so I know it can be done. The disks that I used are > recognized on the box as hde, hdi, and hdk. I can use fdisk to recognize > hde, but fdisk will not recognize any other disk on the pc. As you can see > from the dmesg, I am using several Maxtor controller cards (they came with > the hard drives) - 1 hard drive per bus, each set as a master. During > startup the BIOS gives the appropriate messages on the hard drives and the > dmesg seems to suggest that the system at least can identify them. However, > I cannot use 4 of the 6 disks in my pc. If I can mount and format them then > I am sure I can set up the RAID array on the 3 I use for a RAID array > > If there is any other information that anyone needs, then I would be happy > to supply it. > > Any assistance would be appreciated. [...] Well, you have to make the device Files. MAKEDEV hdi MAKEDEV hdk MAKEDEV hdm MAKEDEV hdo etc... Once you make the device files. It will work. Debian doesn't provide the Device files for anything past hdh by default. -- greg@gregfolkert.net REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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