Re: RAID probs

2009-07-27 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:43:02AM -0600, Glenn English wrote: > I created md0, 1, and 2 RAID1 arrays with mdadm, containing partitions > from missing and sdb. Then I changed my mind, but mdadm seems to be > trying to put them together anyway, and I can't figure out where it's > getting the i

Re: RAID probs

2009-07-24 Thread Glenn English
lee wrote: Perhaps there is some information stored in your initrd? No, don't think so. When I wiped the RAID disks, it all disappeared -- I did nothing to the boot disk. And whatever it was, it's gone now. -- Glenn English g...@slsware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: RAID probs

2009-07-24 Thread lee
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 01:23:23PM -0600, Glenn English wrote: > mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdbX > > Well, I thought it was fixed. But on reboot, dmesg said somebody was > still trying to start those 3 RAID arrays I thought I'd destroyed. Perhaps there is some information stored in your i

Re: RAID probs

2009-07-24 Thread Glenn English
martin f krafft wrote: If you agree: http://bugs.debian.org/537993 ;) I agree, but I'm way too ignorant in these matters to try coding. mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdbX Fixed. Well, I thought it was fixed. But on reboot, dmesg said somebody was still trying to start those 3 RAID arrays

Re: RAID probs

2009-07-23 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Glenn English [2009.07.23.2023 +0200]: > >From superblocks, which are scanned by the default auto-assembly > >code. > > Thanks, Martin, but I *hate* helpful software :-) I am not 100% happy with the way mdadm does things right now. It's "auto-magic" and I *hate* that too. Or rather:

Re: RAID probs

2009-07-23 Thread Glenn English
martin f krafft wrote: From superblocks, which are scanned by the default auto-assembly code. Thanks, Martin, but I *hate* helpful software :-) OTOH, when I installed it, I did tell it to assemble stuff... mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdbX Fixed. I was thinking it all had to do with setti

Re: RAID probs

2009-07-23 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Glenn English [2009.07.23.1943 +0200]: > I created md0, 1, and 2 RAID1 arrays with mdadm, containing > partitions from missing and sdb. Then I changed my mind, but mdadm > seems to be trying to put them together anyway, and I can't figure > out where it's getting the info. From superb

RAID probs

2009-07-23 Thread Glenn English
I created md0, 1, and 2 RAID1 arrays with mdadm, containing partitions from missing and sdb. Then I changed my mind, but mdadm seems to be trying to put them together anyway, and I can't figure out where it's getting the info. I purged mdadm, deleted /etc/mdadm, grep -r'ed /etc and /boot for m