Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 07:47, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Oops. Yes, slipped my mind for a sec ;-). Probably not a second > machine there so you could have setup mutual serial consoles. Not at the moment, no. It's colo'd at an ISP, and if I need to ever work on it, it has to be disconnected

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Hi Ricky, > Since the system is remote, I'm not sure how to do that without looking > at the syslogs. Oops. Yes, slipped my mind for a sec ;-). Probably not a second machine there so you could have setup mutual serial consoles. > No problem. I'll see what happens with editing the linuxrc scri

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 23:39, Peter Kiem wrote: > VMWare DOES support emulating IDE drives. Check out > http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/new_guest_steps_ws.html > > If you select "custom" in configuration you can specify IDE drives instead > of the default SCSI drives. VMware Workstation doe

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 08:16, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Yeah, but I think you already compared the two images and came to the > conclusion that they are identical. In that case creating a ramdisk by > hand does not solve anything. O yes, I did suggest you edited linuxrc > in the ramdisk to

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Hi Ricky, > The last recommendation I noticed was to try and create a custom ramdisk > to force it to load the raid1 module. Yeah, but I think you already compared the two images and came to the conclusion that they are identical. In that case creating a ramdisk by hand does not solve anything

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Just a side note > I've recreated the situation on a VMware virtual machine I set up. The > only difference is that I have no control over the type of hard-drives > are "emulated", per se, as it only allows SCSI. The real machine has VMWare DOES support emulating IDE drives. Check out http://w

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 10:20, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > I am sorry nobody else jumps in. Problem with waiting such a long time > with your replies is it makes that I already forgot what the precise > problem was, what you have already tried to solve it, and what I did > recommend you to tr

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Hi Ricky, > :( Seems like I'm talking to myself... I am sorry nobody else jumps in. Problem with waiting such a long time with your replies is it makes that I already forgot what the precise problem was, what you have already tried to solve it, and what I did recommend you to try. > BTW: I

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 10:07, Ricky Boone wrote: > Haven't seen a response from anyone concerning this issue, so ... *bump* :) :( Seems like I'm talking to myself... > Dunno... it really looks like the RAM-disk is the answer... BTW: I've tried the following: # mkinitrd --preload raid1 --wit

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Haven't seen a response from anyone concerning this issue, so ... *bump* :) I am still quite a n00b when it comes to the kernel, but someone mentioned making a new RAM-disk to include the RAID-1 module using mkinitrd. Since the machine in question is a remote box, screwing around with something

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 15:39, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > What happens if you run raidstart /dev/md0 by hand? Getting the same errors? # raidstart /dev/md0 /dev/md0: File exists -- Ricky Boone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Planetfurry.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

My apologies for the delay. Real life and everything, ya know... :| On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 18:11, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > That looks like the initrd.img is usable - although I don't know what > "raidautorun" is, can you locate this script in the filesystem? No, I'm not sure where it is.

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Hi Ricky, Missed this post, so one more comment on it: > > Not sure, but I would think it's not a problem, since you are running > > on a live file system, so there are probably open files. Maybe if you'ld > > remount / ro the file system is reported as clean. > > I've tried forcing an fsck on

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Hi Ricky, > Both 2.4.9 and 2.4.20 have the same linuxrc script. The first module > that is loaded is the raid1 module (insmod /lib/raid1.o). Later it > starts the raid on the partitions (raidautorun /dev/md0). That looks like the initrd.img is usable - although I don't know what "raidautorun"

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 15:20, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > You could check if the initrd for 2.4.20 actually loads the appropriate raid > modules (compare it with the contents of the old one). Both 2.4.9 and 2.4.20 have the same linuxrc script. The first module that is loaded is the raid1 mod

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Hi Ricky, > Okay. lilo.conf uses an initrd image for both the 2.4.9-34 kernel, as well as > the 2.4.20-18.7 copy. You could check if the initrd for 2.4.20 actually loads the appropriate raid modules (compare it with the contents of the old one). You should know the initrd.img is a gzipped fi

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Hi again, > Any tips as to what I should > look for when recreating the image, if necessary? Include the appropriate modules. man mkinitrd. Bye, Leonard. -- How clean is a war when you shoot around nukelar waste? Stop the use of depleted uranium ammo! End all weapons of mass destruction. --

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

> I'm going to try arranging the directives for 2.4.20-18.7 in the same > order as 2.4.9-34. Rats. It didn't work. :| Same errors as before. I'm going to check out the man page for mkinitrd, but it seems like there is already one in /boot for the newer kernel. Any tips as to what I should loo

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

> Good question, because it probably answers why you are having problems > in the first place. > > Since you are using / raid you need a initrd.img that holds and loads > the > (new) raid modules before / is mounted. Check your lilo.conf or > grub.conf to verify that you did use an initrd before.

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Hi Ricky, > > What happens if you run raidstart /dev/md1 by hand? Getting the same errors? > > Can I do this with the / partition already mounted? Good question, because it probably answers why you are having problems in the first place. Since you are using / raid you need a initrd.img that

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 15:39, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > What happens if you run raidstart /dev/md1 by hand? Getting the same errors? Can I do this with the / partition already mounted? BTW: I've updated nearly all rpm's available on up2date, including the kernel. I'm still getting the fol

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

> Before you upgrade the kernel, did you upgrade raidtools to the latest > version? Plus did you do all the other updates? The raidtools RPM that's installed is version 0.90-24, which I'm assuming is the latest since up2date doesn't mention it. As for all the other updates, I'd have to say I've o

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

Hi Ricky, > The system is running Red Hat Linux 7.2. I am using Software-RAID for the root > partition (/dev/hda3 and /dev/hdd1 as /dev/md0 RAID-1), and a standard ext3 > partition for /boot. I am also using kernel-2.4.9-34, but would like to > upgrade as soon as possible. Before you upgrade t

Re: Software Raid

On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 22:02, Simon Tischer wrote: > I have a software raid1 (two 40GB ide) on one ide bus running under rh9, and > sometimes one of them breaks down, but /dev/md0 is still working. after > restarting raid, all is working normal. And no damage on one of both discs > Can anyone tell

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:18:49PM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > > Sort of a bummer since we use the distro for non server based tasks but > require considerable testing before rolling out a config. I would think > that this will slow down the acceptance of RHL on the corporate desktop > as well fo

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:18:49PM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 13:53, Ed Wilts wrote: > Sort of a bummer since we use the distro for non server based tasks but > require considerable testing before rolling out a config. I would think > that this will slow down the acceptance

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 13:53, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:54:51AM -0500, Warren Johnson wrote: > > I'm using a Promise RAID controller on my home system with 6 drives. I > > wanted to try it before I put it on a lot of other systems. I haven't > > had any problems with it, but i

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:54:51AM -0500, Warren Johnson wrote: > I'm using a Promise RAID controller on my home system with 6 drives. I > wanted to try it before I put it on a lot of other systems. I haven't > had any problems with it, but it does take Promise a long time to get > new drivers

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

Ben Russo wrote: On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 17:52, nate wrote: Really? I haven't had the fun of playing with any IDE HW Raid devices.. But do you have LOTS of experiences with this? Or is it just a few cases? I am curious because I am considering purchasing some Promise HW IDE RAID arrays that have

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

Ed Wilts said: > On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 02:52:28PM -0800, nate wrote: >> have you tested your raid1 ? I have only had 1 failure with software >> raid 1 on linux out of about 10 arrays. And when it failed the system >> went with it. IMO, the point of software raid is to protect data, not >> protect

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 02:52:28PM -0800, nate wrote: > have you tested your raid1 ? I have only had 1 failure with software raid > 1 on linux out of about 10 arrays. And when it failed the system went with > it. IMO, the point of software raid is to protect data, not protect uptime. > Data can sti

RE: Software RAID and SWAP

Ben Russo said: > Really? I haven't had the fun of playing with any IDE HW Raid devices.. > But do you have LOTS of experiences with this? Or is it just a few cases? > I am curious because I am considering purchasing some Promise HW IDE RAID > arrays that have SCSI Host Interfaces? They just se

RE: Software RAID and SWAP

On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 17:52, nate wrote: > I have even had hardware raid 10 (3ware 6800 series) take down a system when > a disk(1 out of 6) dies. That happened everytime a disk failed. system > would immediately kernel panic. Yep! I've had SUN HW RAID Arrays Fail, and NetApp Hardware Raid Arrays

RE: Software RAID and SWAP

David Neilson said: > Yes, the intent of original question was to use raid-1 to mirror swap so > if one disk crashed, the system would not go down. Are there any negative > or hidden ramifications with swapping on raid-1 on RH7.2? have you tested your raid1 ? I have only had 1 failure with softwa

RE: Software RAID and SWAP

, December 18, 2002 1:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Software RAID and SWAP On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:44:34PM -0800, nate wrote: > David Neilson said: > > I am running software RAID on a RH 7.2 box (raidtools-0.90-23). I have > > configured all system partitions to be mirr

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:44:34PM -0800, nate wrote: > David Neilson said: > > I am running software RAID on a RH 7.2 box (raidtools-0.90-23). I have > > configured all system partitions to be mirrored, including swap. The > > question is: Does swapping on RAID work? > > > I do not think soft

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

David Neilson said: > I am running software RAID on a RH 7.2 box (raidtools-0.90-23). I have > configured all system partitions to be mirrored, including swap. The > question is: Does swapping on RAID work? I do not think software raid can work with swap. unless you use a swap file .. hardware

RE: software raid recovery

primary disk again and you are set -Original Message- From: Kent Borg [mailto:kentborg-rhl@;borg.org] Sent: 30 October 2002 16:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: software raid recovery On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 03:49:51PM -, Edward Wildgoose wrote: > Just make sure that both disks

Re: software raid recovery

On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 03:49:51PM -, Edward Wildgoose wrote: > Just make sure that both disks are bootable and have a boot sector > and then both disks should work. Unplug one at a time to check. > Most BIOS's boot from the "first" disk they find with a master boot > record, having both boota

RE: software raid recovery

From: Kent Borg [mailto:kentborg-rhl@;borg.org] Sent: 30 October 2002 15:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: software raid recovery On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:59:32PM -0600, Simpson, Doug wrote: > I have set up a (software) RAID-1 (mirroring two drives) with RH > 7.3. Setup was easy but

Re: software raid recovery

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:59:32PM -0600, Simpson, Doug wrote: > I have set up a (software) RAID-1 (mirroring two drives) with RH > 7.3. Setup was easy but I want to test it. I cannot find this > info. Can someone point me in the right direction or give me some > info on recovery using software

Re: software raid recovery

you're looking for raidsetfaulty and raidhotremove/raidhotadd (raidstart, raidstop) man -k raid http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/Packages/raid.htm --Dave On Tuesday 29 October 2002 10:59 am, Simpson, Doug wrote: > I have set up a (software) RAID-1 (mirroring two drives) with RH 7.3. > Setup was

Re: software raid cron script [was: redundant ethernet cards]

On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:43:22AM -0600, Trevor wrote: > Would it be possible to share your script with me (and the list)? I run > software raid and have been looking for an effective way to monitor my > mirrored raid drives. Try the following: This is a very simple utility for Linux system

Re: software raid cron script [was: redundant ethernet cards]

On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:43:22AM -0600, Trevor wrote: > Kent, > > Would it be possible to share your script with me (and the list)? I run > software raid and have been looking for an effective way to monitor my > mirrored raid drives. Hmm... Maybe monitoring /proc/mdstat with tripwire would

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

Hi Nick, I have another question on partition of hard disc to make 5 hard discs and expect to have your advice. I have only 3 hard discs 2 x ATA133, 40 G 1 x ATA100, 40 G Which 2 hard discs shall be partitioned? Is it equal size? Another question is I am compelled to plug a hard disc to the

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

Hi Nick, At 01:36 PM 8/15/2002 +0100, Nick Lindsell wrote: >>The 3 hard discs for this test are of 40G storage, 2M cache and 7,200 >>rpm. One problem remains unsolved is my old motherboard used only >>supporting ATA33. > >You may run into bios limitations on an old board seeing drives of that

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

At 20:09 15/08/2002 +0800, you wrote: >Hi Nick, > >Thanks for your response > >At 10:52 AM 8/15/2002 +0100, you wrote: >>At 17:26 15/08/2002 +0800, you wrote: >>>Proposed setup :- >>>Hardware available >>>2 ATA133 hard discs >>>1 ATA100 hard disc >>> >>>1 ATA 133 hard disc connected to

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

Hi Nick, Thanks for your response At 10:52 AM 8/15/2002 +0100, you wrote: >At 17:26 15/08/2002 +0800, you wrote: >>Proposed setup :- >>Hardware available >>2 ATA133 hard discs >>1 ATA100 hard disc >> >>1 ATA 133 hard disc connected to IDE (primary) slot of the motherboard as >>MASTE

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

At 17:26 15/08/2002 +0800, you wrote: >Hi all folks, > >I am going to experiment software RAID 5. Any folks on the list have >experience and what are your comment ? > >Proposed setup :- >Hardware available >2 ATA133 hard discs >1 ATA100 hard disc > >1 ATA 133 hard disc connected to I

RE: software raid corrupt ext2 fs

, 2002 5:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: software raid corrupt ext2 fs [was: How to configure > private IP addresses?] > > > On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 12:21, Trevor wrote: > > Hi Bret, > > > > Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I overestimated

RE: software raid corrupt ext2 fs [was: How to configure private IPaddresses?]

On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 12:21, Trevor wrote: > Hi Bret, > > Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I overestimated the RAID's capabilities > at preventing this sort of thing. > > Because now both hard drives are corrupt when I boot. > > Is there anything else a person can do? Where can I find a li

RE: software raid corrupt ext2 fs [was: How to configure private IP addresses?]

Hi Bret, Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I overestimated the RAID's capabilities at preventing this sort of thing. Because now both hard drives are corrupt when I boot. Is there anything else a person can do? Where can I find a list of commands to run in this fs check prompt mode? Trev.

Re: Software RAID setup up question

On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 06:40:30AM -0500, Steve Gulick a ecrit: > I have two identical ide drives that I want to set up software RAID 1 on. I > already > partitioned and installed hda and am getting ready to partition hdb the > partitions on hda are as follows: [snip] > I am not sure of the prop

Re: Software raid & drive recovery question

Eric Sisler wrote: > > Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I've been playing with the software raid tools; testing speed and > >durability. It all works very well. The one thing I haven't been > >able to do is recover a drive. I set up a 3 drive raid 5 system > >and pulled the plu

Re: Software raid & drive recovery question

Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've been playing with the software raid tools; testing speed and >durability. It all works very well. The one thing I haven't been >able to do is recover a drive. I set up a 3 drive raid 5 system >and pulled the plug on one drive while the system wa

Re: software raid problem warnings?

Jim Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think I successfully got raid 1 up via a full install. I have only the >main data mirrored. What do you mean by "main data"? Which filesystems are mirrored? >It would be nice to mirror the full drive but I will try that later. >If that is not possible p

Re: software raid

Jim Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have been told that very few people if any use software raid. >Do any of you use it? I use it, but only for filesystems like /home and /var as RAID-1 filesystems. I don't (and wouldn't) use it for any filesystem required at boot time. I use rsync and

Re: software raid

resond to the list please :) On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Jim Baxter wrote: > Hi > > I have been told that very few people if any use software raid. > Do any of you use it? > What is your opinion of it? > Does it support 0/1? > Do you have a feel for any performance degradation that might be caused by >

Re: software raid

Jim Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We need to put some sort of raid on our branch computers. I hope to be able >to mirror two drives with software in some manner that allows a continous >copy of one drive to another of a different size and brand. I have heard >that there is a software raid pa

Re: software raid question!!

>Mark Lo wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have software raid 1 running on my system, how can i find out > > whether the raid is working properly without shutting down my server. > > As I know, If there is a raid error, the system will prompt at the > > startup time. So , how to find out wheth

Re: software raid question!!

You don't. That's as specified in the RAID HOW-TO. Mark Lo wrote: > Hi, > > I have software raid 1 running on my system, how can i find out > whether the raid is working properly without shutting down my server. > As I know, If there is a raid error, the system will prompt at the > sta

RE: Software RAID

>GW>I was under the impression that 6.0 supports RAID as well ... >GW> > >Maybe it does... I didn't try it then but... I never saw an install time option >for it with 6.0 and there is with 6.1. To clarify briefly. Linux kernels as-of version 2.1.something support software RAID, if you say yes

RE: Software RAID

On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Greg W said: GW>I was under the impression that 6.0 supports RAID as well ... GW> Maybe it does... I didn't try it then but... I never saw an install time option for it with 6.0 and there is with 6.1. -- Chuck Mead, CTO, MoonGroup Consulting, Inc.

RE: Software RAID

I was under the impression that 6.0 supports RAID as well ... *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 5/01/00 at 1:33 Chuck Mead wrote: >On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: > >JC>So i need RedHat 6.1 ? I've only got 6.0.. :-( >JC>Looks like it's time for an upgrade. > >I reckon so. >

RE: Software RAID

On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: JC>So i need RedHat 6.1 ? I've only got 6.0.. :-( JC>Looks like it's time for an upgrade. I reckon so. JC>-Original Message- JC>On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: JC> JC>JC>Just a quick question. Does RedHat come with any type JC>JC>of software

RE: Software RAID

o: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Software RAID On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: JC>Just a quick question. Does RedHat come with any type JC>of software RAID program? If not, IS there a software JC>RAID package for Linux? I'd prefer to use hardware JC>but can&

Re: Software RAID

On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: JC>Just a quick question. Does RedHat come with any type JC>of software RAID program? If not, IS there a software JC>RAID package for Linux? I'd prefer to use hardware JC>but can't fork out the dosh for a decent RAID controller. JC>And i spose software is b

Re: Software RAID

As far as I know, at least RH6.1 is coming with a raid (software) package. At 05:15 PM 1/5/00 +1100, you wrote: >Just a quick question. Does RedHat come with any type >of software RAID program? If not, IS there a software >RAID package for Linux? I'd prefer to use hardware >but can't fork out