hi ya harland On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Harland Christofferson wrote:
> # mount /dev/hdc6 /mnt/hdc6 > > the response I receive was: > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc6, > or too many mounted file systems i forgot if you can mount a disk that is part of a raid1 array separately you can remove the first disk in the raid1 array and see if it boots and works properly ( and write a file and see that its sync'd when the first disk is restored ) - and repeat with the 2nd disk removed > hmm ... so, I tried > > # fdisk -l /dev/hdc > > Disk /dev/hdc: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 79656 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdc1 * 1 64 32098+ 83 Linux notice it ends in "64" > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary: > phys=(3, 254, 63) should be (3, 15, 63) > /dev/hdc2 64 79401 39985785 5 Extended notice it starts with "64" you cannot have overlapper start/end cylinder numbers - starting cyl number should be "prevEnd+1" not "64" as the start of the extended partition ( should be 65 ) - its okay for the first extended partition (swap in your case) to start at the same cyl start (64) as the extended partition itself > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary: > phys=(1023, 254, 63) should be (1023, 15, 63) > /dev/hdc5 64 1052 497983+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hdc6 1052 39812 19535008+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdc7 39812 59192 9767488+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdc8 59192 79401 10185178+ 83 Linux all of your "start" cylinder numbers is wrong your system will crash big time one day --------------------------------------- > # cat /proc/mdstat > > Personalities : [raid1] > read_ahead 1024 sectors > md0 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc[1] > ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc[0] > 40021568 blocks [2/2] [UU] good ... --> look for the [UU] c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]