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sda1 is a swap partition and im 100% sure that isnt being used (I have
2 gigs of ram hehe) sda2 is being used thats what I boot from ... but .. what else can I do ? the error is on sda1 .. /etc/fstab =
below ..
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
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# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/sda2 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/sda1 none swap sw &
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proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
Your fstab shows that sda1 is being used, as swap. Remove that line from your fstab when you boot, and also use a program such as fdisk to change the partition type from Linux swap to Linux Raid Autodetect. If you're going to try to boot from your raid array, mark the partition as bootable.
___________________________ _______________ mdstat Personalities : [raid1] unused devices: <none> ______________________________ I booted from sda and thats where i running mkraid from. Do I need to run it on a floppy or something? on boot I got this ..
It doesn't matter what physical disk you boot from, but you have to be sure that you aren't using the partitions you want to use in your raid set for anything else when you boot.
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. md: autorun ... md: ... autorun DONE. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 232k freed Adding 979924k swap on /dev/sda1. Priority:-1 extents:1 EXT3 FS on sda2, internal journal drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usbfs drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hub drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usbkbd drivers/usb/input/usbkbd.c: :USB HID Boot Protocol keyboard driver md: raidstart(pid 87) u sed deprecated START_ARRAY ioctl. This will not be support$md: could not import sda1! md: autostart unknown-block(0,2049) failed! md: raidstart(pid 87) used deprecated START_ARRAY ioctl. This will not be support$ md: invalid raid superblock magic on sdb1 md: sdb1 has invalid sb, not importing! md: could not import sdb1! md: autostart unknown-block(0,2065) failed! md: raidstart(pid 103) used deprecated START_ARRAY ioctl. This will not be suppor$ md: could not lock sda2. md: could not import sda2! md: autostart unknown-block(0,2050) failed! md: invalid raid superblock magic on sdb2 md: sdb2 has invalid sb, not importing! md: could not import sdb2! md: autostart unknown-block(0,2066) failed! Thanks. UPDATE : ok I did swapoff -a (turns the swap off and it let me mirror the swap partition)
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but now i try to do the main partition sba2 and it says device is busy .. I went into ini1 (I think thats one user mode) and it still did it... heeelllpppppp
I thought your swap partition was sda1. I'm assuming you mean sda2 instead of sba2 above, right? If so, that device is still busy, because it's your root partition (at least, according to your fstab).
Concentrate on /dev/md0 for now. Make sure you aren't using /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 for anything when you boot. Don't mount them, or anything. Then, you should be able to make them into a raid device.
Post your results, and we'll go from there.
Justin Guerin
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my swap partition is sda1. I have turned swap off and I have /dev/md0 = the mirrored swap ...... but I cant get the sda2 (all the data and stuff) ...
so you say I just need to restart? I have tried that but ... it just gives errors.. do I need to boot a special way?
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