Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2004-03-26

Re: raid is read-only? (debian/sarge)

From: Gordon Henderson <hidden>
Date: 2004-03-26 12:32:03

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Mauricio wrote:
	I have 2 120GB IDE drives in the second IDE controller of a
P4 debian/sarge box that I would like to set up as a raid1 array.
Using info from the following links,
Are you aware that using 2 disks on the same controller is generally
regarded as a "bad thing"[tm]?

I had personally lost access to a 2nd drive when one drive on the same bit
of cable failed. Fortunately in my case, I didn't lose data on the good
drive, but I wasunable to access it until I powered the PC down and
removed the failed drive.

Read the paragraph under "Fault Survival" at:

  http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-4.html

I'm sure you know this... Just checking....
<after rebooting...>
laurel:/# mount -o rw /dev/md0 /mnt
Looks like you forgot to mkfs the new md0 device..

However, I've never used mdadm, prefering the old /etc/raditab method so
don't know if your mdadm command will preserve/extend the reiserfs
(although personally I think this is unlikely)

Gordon
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