further, when i try to execute any of these mdadm commands on the /dev/mdX devices, I get errors like: mdadm: fail to stop array /dev/md0: Device or resource busy
How can i get past them ?? did i miss a step ??? I keep on seeing debian LiveCD , what is that ? how will this help ?? is the is the regular debian cd, but in rescue mode ??? the layout of my drives is such: 500g /dev/sda1,/dev/sda5,/dev/sda6 500g /dev/sdb1,/dev/sdb5,/dev/sdb6 400g /dev/sdc5 400g /dev/sdd5 md0 = 300meg = /boot md1 = 10gig = swap md2 = 400gig =/ Can you give a good faq..that is really helpfull...i googled a lot and came up empty If you give me a step by step - i would also appriciate it..because i think i am missing a step. thanks for your help. On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Michael Habashy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:39:47PM -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: >>> the current state of my system -- it is up and running but i do not >>> belive for long: >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /proc/mdstat >>> Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] >>> md1 : active raid5 sda5[3](F) sdb5[4](F) sdd5[2] sdc5[1] >>> 781417344 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/2] [_UU] >>> >>> md2 : active raid1 sda6[0] >>> 9767424 blocks [2/1] [U_] >>> >>> md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] >>> 289024 blocks [2/1] [U_] >> >> >> looks like you lost some of your mirror sets, what did you mirror sda6 >> with ? just add it back to the raid set (find out why it dropped out), >> mdadm -A /dev/md2 /dev/<what ever the device was> >> >> Plus sdb seems to have failed in the raid5. >> >> My guess is sdb has gone faulty, try running some smart tests against >> it. You will want to be carefull, if you loose another disk you will >> loose your raid5 (and if its sda your raid1's. >> >> Find out whats wrong with sdb and fix it, either replace the drive, >> check the cables or power or .... >> >> It should survive a reboot, presuming sda is hd0 >> >>> >>> >>> >>> It looks like i got some kind of hardware/software issue --this is a >>> newly built raid5 system. >>> >>> Device md1 is my main / root ssystem. >>> >>> How can i fix this ?? I do not want to reboot becasue i am afraid that >>> it will not come up... >>> >>> I need magic or lots of prays...please try to provide both... >>> >>> thanks >>> mjh >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> -- >> "I don't want to win? If that were the case, why the heck am I on the bus >> sixteen hours a day, shaking thousands of hands, giving hundreds of >> speeches, getting pillared in the press and cartoons and still staying on >> message to win?" >> >> - George W. Bush >> 02/28/2000 >> as quoted in Newsweek >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkjM/0oACgkQkZz88chpJ2PZ3ACgpbS0ZRGk5AQTMsUAZKS//1Q/ >> oJoAoPM+f5DlADAbmMtrKxQhzhn43bhQ >> =Jj15 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> > Thanks for the quick response. > > I think sda and sdb are my 500gig harddrives that have swap and /boot > on them mirrored. > The raid5 which is / root is going against 4 drives. The 2 (500 gig) > drives and 2 400 gig sata drives. > > Can you tell me what specific utilities to run against these drives ?? > I have googled alot for recovery of mdadm raid drives...i could not > find anything..except telling me how to remove and add drives. > > do not know how to use smartmonitor utilies..do you know of a good faq > that i can look at?? > > thanks > mjh > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
