On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 15:00:36 +0100, "Mark Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've set up a software RAID 0 on my 8.2 system and it works very well.
> Until, that is, I need to restart at which point the system won't mount
> /dev/md0 and complains of 'invalid file type'. I don't have to restart very
> often (thankfully) but when I do I need to make a backup forst then reset
> the RAID when the system comes up. This is a real pain! Anybody had a
> similar problem?

Is / on a RAID0? If so, you need to enable autodetection support in the kernel,
which isn't available in the Mandrake kernel. Firstly, write the superblock to
the partitions in the RAID, then compile a kernel with RAID0 compiled into it
(not as a module). Info on this can be found in the Software RAID HOWTO
(http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html).

Or better yet, take a look at EVMS (http://evms.sourceforge.net/), which not
only replaces both software RAID and LVM, it also does them better.

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