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Old 12-16-2010, 07:02 AM   #1
rytec
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Ubuntu 10.04LTS software raid1 problems


Hi,

I tried the search function in this section but didn't found a direct answer for my problem.
I have installed Ubuntu LTS 10.04 and have 2 SATA PCI cards in machine. On 1 card are 2 ports and I have connected same 1TB drives on it. Then I have followed a manual for creating with mdadm software RAID and so far so good but after a reboot the raid doesn't work.

When i do command # cat /proc/mdstat I get following error :

Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md_d0 : inactive sdc1[0](S)
976759936 blocks

unused devices: <none>

/dev/sdc1 and /dev/sdd1 are configured with partition "fd" (Linux raid auto) and the raid creation was succesful after it was created and I have also created /etc/mdadm.conf
But after a reboot it always goes wrong.
I have not made a mount in /etc/fstab for /dev/md0 because if I do so the system will not boot up completely, it gives an error and I have to press "S" for skipping the mount.
But as my server is not connected to keyboard and screen I have not created a mount yet untill I can solve this problem.
 
Old 12-17-2010, 03:52 PM   #2
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I have installed Ubuntu 8.04LTS and there the raid systems working great, then I upgraded the distro to 10.04LTS and it went wrong same as before.
Is it not possible get the software raid working in 10.04LTS ?
 
Old 12-17-2010, 04:25 PM   #3
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Here is a post found on another board which did the trick for me now, and still the raid starts after a few reboot tests, thanks to Milli :

"I found the same problem after an upgrade to linux-image-2.6.28-11-server (Jaunty, 9.04) when the /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf file inside the initrd image had information that did not match the UUIDs of the real arrays, thus auto-start failed leaving me with /dev/md_d0, /dev/md_d1 and /dev/md_d2 instead of /dev/md0, /dev/md1, and dev/md2 as expected.

I then ran "mdadm --stop /dev/md_d0", then on md_d1, etc, to clear the bad assemble attempt (check /proc/mdstat to see), then ran "mdadm --auto-detect", mainly to just see what the issue was with auto-starting of the arrays, however it created them again but properly this time. I then let it finish the boot process at that point. All seemed fine. After the system was up, I then force-recreated the mdadm.conf file so the UUIDs matched... "/usr/share/mdadm/mkconf force-generate /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf" (copy your mdadm.conf to /var/tmp or something first, if you want to diff it later). Then ran "update-initramfs -u" to re-build the initrd images. Then I rebooted.

Reboot went fine. All arrays recognized and auto-started properly. No leftover /dev/md_d0 and friends, so I have to assume that when the arrays auto-start properly, at some point they are renamed to match what's in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf."
 
  


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