Re: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i hangs system at boot
On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:35:57 -0500
Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> > Hmm, probably I have to create a raid5 with the four empty 2 TB
> > disks attached to the LSI. Then:
> >
> > ~$ mdadm -C /dev/md0 -n1 -l linear /dev/md1
>
> WTF?
I also had to add --force to create the array with one raid5.
> > Now I copy the content from the old raid5 with the four 1.5 TB
> > disks to the new linear md0.
>
> Shuffleboard... You didn't previously make clear that not all 8 disks
> were freely available to build your stack from the ground up. The
> instructions I gave you assumed that all 8 drives were clean. Now
> you're attempting to modify the precise instructions I gave you and
> play shuffleboard with your data and disks, attempting to migrate on
> the fly.
Sorry, I wrote this too in another thread :-(
I like taking some risk :-)
But since the old raid isn't written only read I didn't fear to loose
the data.
> This may not have a good outcome. I guess you feel that you
> understand this stuff and are confident in your ability at this point
> to effect the outcome you desire. If things break badly, I'll try to
> assist, but I make no promises WRT outcomes nor guarantee my
> availability.
I wanted to finally do something ;-)
Cheers
Ramon
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