Topic: Problem adding hardware raid array into software raided SME

[jamesli]

Hi, there
I got a problem when I try to mount a 600GB 3ware hardware raid array into  a fresh install SME7. This hardware array was working on the prior SME7pre 1. The only difference is the new install SME7 has a software raid with two 100GB drives and SME7pre1 install had only one 100GB drive. Here is what I did.
I install the new SME7 with two 100GB and left out the 3ware card and the hardware array. After I finish the setup of SME7, I pluged in the 3ware and the array. I changed the etc/fstab to mount the hardware array into an ibay. But when I reboot the system, it hung on startup and showing a message saying that the hardware array did not have a valid ext2 partition when it checking the file system. but if I comment out the line in etc/fstab and wait until it finished the startup, then I uncomment the etc/fstab and run command "mount -a", the hardware array mounted without a problem and I can use it that way. But I got a problem everytime I reboot the machine.
Anyone out there can figure out what is going on here?

[icpix]

jamesli----
It may help the gurus if you show them the contents of your fstab...
As I sheer guess should you not be using ext3 nowadays?
FWIW I added h/w RAID (data) to the existing SME7 s/w RAID (OS).
Like you I mounted it to an iBay and, to avoid having to remount it
after a reboot, I too amended fstabs:

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/dev/sda1       /home/e-smith/files/ibays/storage/files/raid5   ext3    defaults        0 0
----best wishes, Robert

[jamesli]

Thanks Robert
My fstab list is very similar to yours

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/dev/sda1       /home/e-smith/files/ibays/storage/files/raid5   ext3  usrquota,grpquota  1 2
It worked in my old setup, and I have not change a thing. I had try to use the same code as yours to put it in default but it did not auto mount after a reboot and the log said /dev/sda1 not found. That is pretty odd to me.

[icpix]

jamesli----
I don't like to ask but... have you checked your h/w RAID against the
various 'lists' ie to ensure that a) it is TrueRAID rather than FakeRAID
and that b) it is 'supported' by the Linux/kernel in use by SME7?
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
Mine is TrueRAID and apparently/seemingly 'supported'.
----best wishes, Robert

[jamesli]

It is a 3Ware Escalade, AFAIK it is the best hardware raid controller out there. It was detected by SME correctly and always worked once it was mounted. The problem is for some reason the SME7 won't auto mount when it  start up.