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Old 08-31-2005, 08:23 AM   #1
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Linux raid with mdadm


I set up raid 1 (2 SATA disks) using mdadm. The partition table description is as follows:

SATA disk 1:

/dev/sda1 /boot 790M Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda2
 
Old 08-31-2005, 10:12 AM   #2
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Raid 1 mdadm

Hi all,

I set up raid 1 using mdadm with 2 SATA disks
The partition table for SATA drive A details:

/dev/sda1 /boot Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda2 Extended
/dev/sda5 / Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda6 swap Linux swap
/dev/sda7 /usr Linux
/dev/sda8 /var Linux
/dev/sda9 /home Linux
/dev/sda10 /tmp Linux

Partition table for SATA drive B is same as SATA drive A

The set up as follows:
# mknod /dev/md1 b 9 1
# mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 missing /dev/sdb1
# mdadm --create /dev/md1 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 missing /dev/sdb5
# mdadm --examine --scan >> /etc/mdadm.conf

- The output /proc/mdsdtat is normal

# mkreiserfs /dev/md0
# mkreiserfs /dev/md1
# mkdir /mnt/md0
# mkdir /mnt/md1
# mount /dev/md0 /mnt/md0
# mount /dev/md1 /mnt/md1
# cp -ax /boot /mnt/md0
# cp -ax / /mnt/md1

- 2 lines below were added to /etc/fstab (on SATA drive A)
/dev/md0 /mnt/md0 reiserfs defaults 0 0
/dev/md1 /mnt/md1 reiserfs defaults 0 0

- reboot the machine

- when I type mount, the /dev/md0 is currently mounted but /dev/md1 was not mounted.
- An error message 'mount: special device /dev/md1 does not exist' during machine boot

Questions:

- anything wrong in my set up ?
- I create /dev/md1 with mknod and this md devices was disappear after reboot. Is there a way that I can fix it?
- I want to mirror all the partitions for SATA drive A after the /dev/md0 and /dev/md1 are created successfully.
If I want to mirror all the partition for disk A, do I just create raid devices for all the
individual partitions i.e /dev/sda1 to /dev/sda10 except extended partition /dev/sda2 and the swap /dev/sda6?

Thanks in advance
 
Old 09-01-2005, 10:46 AM   #3
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What does fstab look like and also what does cat /proc/mdstat say
 
Old 09-01-2005, 05:12 PM   #4
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Why do you keep posting this? What exactly is your question?
 
Old 09-01-2005, 08:36 PM   #5
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Hi IronWalker,

The ftsab is as follows:

/dev/sda5 / resiserfs notail 1 1
/dev/sda1 /boot resiserfs notail 1 2
/dev/sda9 /home resiserfs notail 1 2
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/hd auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,exec,users 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda10 /tmp reiserfs notail 1 2
/dev/sda7 /usr reiserfs notail 1 2
/dev/sda8 /var reiserfs notail 1 2
/dev/sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sdb10 /mnt/hd2 auto umask=0,user,isocharset=iso8859-1,sync,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,exec,usres 0 0
/dev/md0 /mnt/md0 reiserfs defaults 0 0
/dev/md1 /mnt/md1 reiserfs defaults 0 0

The results for cat /proc/mdstat is as follows:
Personalities : [rais1]
mod0 : active raid1 sdb1[1]
811136 blocks [2/1] [_U]
 
Old 09-01-2005, 08:41 PM   #6
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Hi bosewicht,

The first incomplete thread was submitted by mistake. Sorry for the multiple submission.
The question was stated in the second thread.
 
Old 02-07-2006, 05:26 AM   #7
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In case this is still open, all you need to do is set your partion types to FD (linux raid autodetect)

that way at boot, the /dev/md1 device will be picked up and mdadm will start the array as per /etc/mdadm.conf
 
  


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