Topic: RAID error on shutdown

[Richard]

When I shutdown esmith 4.11, I'm getting a FAILED message regarding the software RAID, with a note about "md1 not unmounted". Can anyone tell me if this is normal behaviour? I've tried the HDDs on the same and different IDE controllers with no change.

Thanks, Richard.

[Gordon Rowell]

Richard wrote:
>
> When I shutdown esmith 4.11, I'm getting a FAILED message
> regarding the software RAID, with a note about "md1 not
> unmounted". Can anyone tell me if this is normal behaviour?
> I've tried the HDDs on the same and different IDE controllers
> with no change.

Completely normal, though it may not happen on every shutdown. There are tricky flushing issues with shutting down a RAID system, and the kernel sometimes leaves state information which allows it to complete the flush on the next startup. You will probably see a message to this effect on bootup.

Gordon