Re: Help on RAID (sarge RC2) - newbie
On (07/02/05 14:42), kaupolikan@NOSPAMlibero.it wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My system:
> OS > Debian Sarge RC2
> Kernel > 2.4.27
> One HD IDE > System
> Two HD IDE > RAID 1
>
> To implement RAID 1 I followed these instructions:
>
> 1. Installed Debian on HD "A"
>
> 2. Verified if the file "mdstat" was available but it wasn't ("cat /proc/mdstat")
>
> 3. Loaded the raid1 module ("modprobe raid1")
>
> 4. Installed "mdadm"
>
> 5. Partitioned HD "B" and "C" ("cfdisk /dev/hdX")
>
> 6. Created RAID ("mdadm -Cv /dev/md0 -l1 -n2 /dev/hdB /dev/hdC")
>
> 7. Created config file ("mdadm --detail --scan >> /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf")
>
> 8. Format array ("mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/md0")
>
> 9. Mounted array ("mount /dev/md0 /mnt/array")
>
> 10. Inserted line "/dev/md0 /mnt/array ext3 defaults 0 0" in "/etc/fstab" file
>
> Problem:
> Rebooting server the array doesn't mount.
>
> Error (during boot time):
> "Mounting local filesystems
> Unable to read superblock.
> Mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on device..."
>
> Am I missing something ?
Not sure whether this helps but I experienced kernel issues with RAID a couple
of months back when setting up a couple of servers - they worked fine
with 2.6.8 - possibly worth a shot?
Regards
Clive
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