Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-15 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Steve Dowe wrote: > On 13/06/12 23:15, Tom H wrote: >> >> Since metadata 1.1 or 1.2 stores the metadata at the beginning rather >> than at the end, perhaps using a partitioned mdraid device with that >> metada works with squeeze. > > Good idea.  I'll boot it up wit

Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Steve Dowe
On 13/06/12 23:15, Tom H wrote: Since metadata 1.1 or 1.2 stores the metadata at the beginning rather than at the end, perhaps using a partitioned mdraid device with that metada works with squeeze. Good idea. I'll boot it up with a live CD and report back soon. -- Steve Dowe Warp Universal L

Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Steve Dowe wrote: > On 13/06/12 19:56, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Gary Dale wrote: >>> >>> For example, Squeeze has problems with booting from partitioned RAID >>> arrays. >>> After running update-initramfs and update-grub, I find that the UU

Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Steve Dowe
On 13/06/12 19:56, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Gary Dale wrote: For example, Squeeze has problems with booting from partitioned RAID arrays. After running update-initramfs and update-grub, I find that the UUID for the partitions has been replaced with the UUID for the array,

Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Steve Dowe
On 13/06/12 19:07, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: I don't believe you can boot from a striped volume (raid5 being a stripe + parity). I found some instructions that may allow this to work but requires packing a non-standard initrd: http://nil-techno.b

Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > > For example, Squeeze has problems with booting from partitioned RAID arrays. > After running update-initramfs and update-grub, I find that the UUID for the > partitions has been replaced with the UUID for the array, so that the boot > fails. Th

Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Gary Dale
On 13/06/12 04:47 AM, Steve Dowe wrote: Hi, I'm trying to re-use an older server, installing squeeze (6.0.5). I'm using software RAID and LVM on the machine (details below). But I must be doing something wrong with the disk set up stage in the installer, as when it boots I see an error flas

Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Steve Dowe wrote: >> >> I'm trying to re-use an older server, installing squeeze (6.0.5).  I'm using >> software RAID and LVM on the machine (details below).  But I must be doing >> something wrong with

Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Steve Dowe wrote: > > I'm trying to re-use an older server, installing squeeze (6.0.5).  I'm using > software RAID and LVM on the machine (details below).  But I must be doing > something wrong with the disk set up stage in the installer, as when it > boots I see a

Re: mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Steve Dowe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to re-use an older server, installing squeeze (6.0.5).  I'm using > software RAID and LVM on the machine (details below).  But I must be doing > something wrong with the disk set up stage in the installer, as when it > boots I

mdadm error - superfluous RAID member

2012-06-13 Thread Steve Dowe
Hi, I'm trying to re-use an older server, installing squeeze (6.0.5). I'm using software RAID and LVM on the machine (details below). But I must be doing something wrong with the disk set up stage in the installer, as when it boots I see an error flash up quickly: error: superfluous RAID