Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-08 Thread titantoppler
My /proc/partitions (edited to keep only the relevant parts): 8 48 976762584 sdd 8 80 976762584 sdf 8 81 976760001 sdf1 8 96 976762584 sdg 8 64 976762584 sde My /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf looks like this: DEVICE partitions ARRAY /dev/md0 UUID= On Wed,

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach titantopp...@gmail.com [2011.06.08.0317 +0200]: > I don't have access to the file server at this moment, but > /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines just the array (via UUID). I was under the > impression that md would automatically assemble the array based on the > information in the superbl

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-07 Thread titantoppler
Hi, Ron: > So it's md that can't find them? Yes, md cannot find them, but I think that's because Debian doesn't detect them in the first place. Martin: > What's in /proc/partitions? > > What happens if you list the DEVICES specifically in mdadm.conf (and rebuild the initramfs)? I don't have acces

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ron Johnson [2011.06.07.1747 +0200]: > So it's md that can't find them? What's in /proc/partitions? What happens if you list the DEVICES specifically in mdadm.conf (and rebuild the initramfs)? -- .''`. martin f. krafft Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-07 Thread Ron Johnson
So it's md that can't find them? On 06/07/2011 09:52 AM, titantopp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm actually not too concerned about the "missing" partitions, as I do know that they exist - fdisk shows the partition table, and partprobe will make the partitions show up in /dev again. I'm thinking

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-07 Thread titantoppler
Hi, I'm actually not too concerned about the "missing" partitions, as I do know that they exist - fdisk shows the partition table, and partprobe will make the partitions show up in /dev again. I'm thinking it might have something to do with udev, but I'm not sure. Googling for this issue usually

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/07/2011 04:00 AM, titantopp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list, I'm running Debian Wheezy (testing) on the latest kernel (2.6.38-2-686) as my file server. This server has a RAID 5 array composed of 4 SATA hard disks connected to the motherboard controller. mdadm complains that it is unable to st

Missing device nodes

2011-06-07 Thread titantoppler
Hi list, I'm running Debian Wheezy (testing) on the latest kernel (2.6.38-2-686) as my file server. This server has a RAID 5 array composed of 4 SATA hard disks connected to the motherboard controller. mdadm complains that it is unable to start the array on boot up (it says that only 1 out of 4 d