FWIW, I'm running a new style RAID0 with raidtools2 on a powerpc box. Took some question-asking, and some other work, but it's runnung fine now. Used the kernel-source-2.2.17.deb, applied the patch from ingo's site, ran the standard make menuconfig,, make-kpkg, etc, and had no problems.
So it does work on a G3-all-in-one with a pair of 4-gig drives raided together. -JM Adam C Powell IV wrote: > "Shawn J. Wallace" wrote: > > > Has anyone successfully used the software RAID on PPC? > > > > I've done it numerous times on i386 systems without problems, but when I > > compiled the modules and tried to install it I ran into problems: > > - Module loads fine > > - mkraid runs fine, creates the array > > - mdadd bails horribly complaining about "Zero-length" drives/partitions > > when I try mdadd /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 etc > > > > Anyone has similar experiences? > > Are you using old-style RAID in the stock kernel, or new-style with raidtools2 > and Ingo's patches (at http://people.redhat.com/mingo/raid-patches/)? If the > former, try the latter, the stock kernel RAID is not being maintained and is > known to fail under some circumstances. > > <RANT> > So why is there not even any mention of this in kernel documentation? You > tell > me, I've submitted patches to at least document the problem three times now... > after spending three weeks last Fall sweating over problems in a 50 GB > RAID partition that brought my server down about 5 times for several hours > each!! The reply from L-K: "This mailing list's archives are really the only > reliable documentation." Great, so you can't use a "stable" kernel without > being on a list with hundreds of posts a week! > > (Can you tell I'm still bitter about it? I'm embarassed to say how close I > came > to switching to NT...) > </RANT> > > Glad that's over. Anyway, if you are using the new-style RAID, I'm afraid > I can't help you, I've only tried it on i386... > > HTH, > > -Adam P. > > Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
