hi ya... i had zero problems upgrading to linux-2.2.18 based debian sw raid5 ( was previously built very old raid5 ... still cranking away )
http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Raid/raid-howto.2.2.18.txt - dont know if there's any major diff between *.18 and *.19 have fun alvin http://www.Linux-Sec.net ... Security Stuff .. On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Frans Schreuder wrote: > ////Well you're partially right. I did not recompile (but used the > 'install'- > /kernel module 'selector' to get the modules for raid in.) > /I applied kernel-patch-2.2.19 (Preparing to replace > kernel-patch-2.2.19-/raid > /2 > / (using kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid_2_all.deb) ... > / Unpacking replacement kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid ... > / Setting up kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid (2) ...) > /Can it be that kernel-patch-2.2.10-raid and ...-2.2.10-raid coexist on my > /system? > / > /installed raidtools-2 > / > /There is more?///// > > Yes there is. Boldly went where probably the donkey went. > I did a clean install.(2.2r0 via FTP) > Got me: > - the 2.2.19 kernel image with raid and linear > - the 2.2.19 kernelpatch 2 all > - raidtools2 > - bzip2 > - other dependencies...... > > mkraid gives the same errors..... > Still not able to get a clue from the /proc/mdstat (has linear too now) > or from the /var/log/syslog. > > VFS reports an error on IDE1 (can't find ext2 filesystem...... having just > shutted down that machine so more on that.Ok booting it.......) > > "VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev ide1(22,65). > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd1, or too many > mounted filesystems" (is that possible? by the way). > >
