Florian Philipp <lists <at> binarywings.net> writes:
> I don't think the missing partition table is your problem. OK, let's assume you are correct, ignoring ..... > However, you might be onto something with the changed sector offset. But > I don't know enough of this to help you. Well if I have to reformat I look everything on the install. Not ready to start over yet..... So after a fresh reboot I see: livecd ~ # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md125 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0] 1948226512 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] md126 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1] 5022708 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] md127 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1] 262132 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] If you look at previous posts of mine on the md<part> names, and focus on the sized, you'll see something very troubling... The minimal CD keeps using the md125-127 names but assigns them to the different partitions: NOW /boot is: md127 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1] 262132 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] / is md125 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0] 1948226512 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] swap is md126 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1] 5022708 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] Something is morphing the numbers each time I reboot with minCD.... So no what I put in /etc/fstab, it's going to be wrong. grub cannot find the partition with the kernel? OR is this not a problem? Plus, since I'm never able to write the grub stuffage to the MBR, grub nor the kernel every run..... after rebooting I tried this step to correct for the metadata problem you previously posted about: mdadm --create /dev/md1 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 --metadata=0.90 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 mdadm: super0.90 cannot open /dev/sda1: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sda1 is not suitable for this array. mdadm: super0.90 cannot open /dev/sdb1: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sdb1 is not suitable for this array. mdadm --create /dev/md127 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 --metadata=0.90 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 mdadm: super0.90 cannot open /dev/sda1: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sda1 is not suitable for this array. mdadm: super0.90 cannot open /dev/sdb1: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sdb1 is not suitable for this array.