On (13/09/06 09:51), Duncan McDonald wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a relative newbie to Debian and recently after I ran 'apt-get > dist-upgrade' I got the following warning: > > ? Initialise the superblock if you reuse hard disks > ? > ? WARNING! If you are using hard disks which have a md superblock from an > ? earlier installation in a different RAID array, you MUST zero the > ? superblock before activating the autostart feature. > ? > ? For doing this, do not start the RAID devices automatically and zero the > ? superblock (mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/xxx). You can then further use > ? 'dpkg-reconfigure mdadm' to activate the autostart feature. > > I'm running Sarge stable on a RAID1 array using two brand new hard disks, > so am I right in assuming that I don't need to initialize the superblock? > > I've tried Google but I couldn't find anything useful. Can anyone give me > some pointers?
I'm no RAID expert but it sounds as though the upgrade hasn't recognised the existing RAID setup and is trying to create a new one, which could lose your data. If you look at man mdadm you should be able to reassemble the existing array. I found these sites useful in setting up RAID: # http://rootraiddoc.alioth.debian.org/ # http://juerd.nl/site.plp/debianraid # http://xtronics.com/reference/SATA-RAID-Debian.htm Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
