Sorry to load up on related issues in this mail, but have a big issue: After having synced my mirrored drives in software raid - I get the following error: error: superfluous RAID member (2 found).
the boot drive is /dev/sdc1 but added another one to the mirror - /dev/sdd1 my questions : 1. should i put both drives in the bootup bios scan ? 2. should i set their partitions as bootable in fdisk ? 3. how do i fix this without having to zero out the drive and re-add it to the mirror ? On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Joey L <[email protected]> wrote: > In related questions - i hope you can answer - are : > > 1. why do i get an error when trying to make swap partition - i get > this error below after running fdisk, creating a primary partition > /dev/sdd2 and then changing the type - with t - > As in below --- > > 2. the /dev/sdd drive is the mirrored drive in the set - do i have to > set /dev/sdd1 active in fdisk ??? > > > root@rider:~# mkswap /dev/sdd2 > > mkswap: error: swap area needs to be at least 40 KiB > Usage: mkswap [-c] [-pPAGESZ] [-L label] [-U UUID] /dev/name [blocks] > root@rider:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdd > > > Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x0005d0fd > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdd1 1 121091 972663426 fd Linux raid autodetect > /dev/sdd2 121092 121601 4096575 82 Linux swap / Solaris > > > thanks > mjh > > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Marc Auslander <[email protected]> wrote: >> Jon Dowland <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> >>> Pretty sure at that stage it has loaded modules that let it interpret >>> a selection of filesystem types, in order to fetch grub.cfg (and >>> further >> >> How does it decide which partition (on which disk) and what pathname >> to use to find grub.cfg. I assume one it chooses a partition it can >> look at partitions, figure out what kind they are, and figure out how >> to read them. >> >> Also - if the chosen partition is raid1 does it "assemble" the array >> or just use the chosen partition as if it where a degraded array. >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] >> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAK3ER7tAtAbvoNtB2t2¦[email protected]
