I have attempted to use software raid on my latest install of SME 5.1.2.
The set up is two identicial Quantum Fireball 20GB IDE drives both set as master and each on one of the two IDE ports on the mother board. Only one port however is a fast ATA100 compatible port. I did add a slave drive to the second controller and mounted the drive to restore the home directories and ibays to the server. This has since been removed.
The following error messages are from the messages log on the server and indicate a problem but I dont know what I need to do to force a rebuild of the array with losing the data.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Regards Mike Drummmond
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS20.5, ATA DISK drive
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hdc: AA@DDP, ATA DISK drive
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS20.5, 19595MB w/1902kB Cache, CHS=2498/255/63
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hdc: AA@DDP, 19457MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=39532/16/63
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid5: measuring checksumming speed
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid5: MMX detected, trying high-speed MMX checksum routines
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: pII_mmx : 748.665 MB/sec
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: p5_mmx : 781.812 MB/sec
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: 8regs : 573.786 MB/sec
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: 32regs : 337.185 MB/sec
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: using fastest function: p5_mmx (781.812 MB/sec)
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: scsi : detected total.
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: Partition check:
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 >
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hdc: [PTBL] [2480/255/63] hdc1@ hdc2 < >
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: autodetecting RAID arrays
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: (read) hda1's sb offset: 264960 [events: 00000004]
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: (read) hda5's sb offset: 15936 [events: 00000004]
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: (read) hda6's sb offset: 19783936 [events: 00000004]
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: autorun ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: considering hda6 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: adding hda6 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: created md1
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: bind
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: running:
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: now!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda6's event counter: 00000004
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md1: former device hdc6 is unavailable, removing from array!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: md1: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: request_module[md-personality-3]: Root fs not mounted
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: do_md_run() returned -22
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: unbind
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: export_rdev(hda6)
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md1 stopped.
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: considering hda5 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: adding hda5 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: created md0
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: bind
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: running:
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: now!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda5's event counter: 00000004
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md0: former device hdc5 is unavailable, removing from array!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: request_module[md-personality-3]: Root fs not mounted
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: do_md_run() returned -22
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: unbind
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: export_rdev(hda5)
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md0 stopped.
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: considering hda1 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: adding hda1 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: created md2
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: bind
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: running:
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: now!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda1's event counter: 00000004
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md2: former device hdc1 is unavailable, removing from array!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: md2: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: request_module[md-personality-3]: Root fs not mounted
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: do_md_run() returned -22
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: unbind
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: export_rdev(hda1)
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md2 stopped.
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: ... autorun DONE.
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.13)
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: i91u: PCI Base=0x9800, IRQ=11, BIOS=0xFF000, SCSI ID=7
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: i91u: Reset SCSI Bus ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: scsi0 : Initio INI-9X00U/UW SCSI device driver; Revision: 1.03g
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: scsi : 1 host.
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1 personality registered
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: autodetecting RAID arrays
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: (read) hda1's sb offset: 264960 [events: 00000004]
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: (read) hda5's sb offset: 15936 [events: 00000004]
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: (read) hda6's sb offset: 19783936 [events: 00000004]
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: autorun ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: considering hda6 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: adding hda6 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: created md1
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: bind
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: running:
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: now!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda6's event counter: 00000004
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md1: former device hdc6 is unavailable, removing from array!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: md1: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md1: max total readahead window set to 128k
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md1: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 128k
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1: device hda6 operational as mirror 0
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1: md1, not all disks are operational -- trying to recover array
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1: raid set md1 active with 1 out of 2 mirrors
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: updating md1 RAID superblock on device
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda6 [events: 00000005](write) hda6's sb offset: 19783936
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: .
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: considering hda5 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: adding hda5 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: created md0
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: bind
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: running:
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: now!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda5's event counter: 00000004
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md0: former device hdc5 is unavailable, removing from array!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md0: max total readahead window set to 128k
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md0: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 128k
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1: device hda5 operational as mirror 0
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1: md0, not all disks are operational -- trying to recover array
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: recovery thread got woken up ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md1: no spare disk to reconstruct array! -- continuing in degraded mode
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: recovery thread finished ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1: raid set md0 active with 1 out of 2 mirrors
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: updating md0 RAID superblock on device
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda5 [events: 00000005](write) hda5's sb offset: 15936
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: .
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: considering hda1 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: adding hda1 ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: created md2
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: bind
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: running:
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: now!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda1's event counter: 00000004
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md2: former device hdc1 is unavailable, removing from array!
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: md2: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md2: max total readahead window set to 128k
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md2: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 128k
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1: device hda1 operational as mirror 0
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1: md2, not all disks are operational -- trying to recover array
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: recovery thread got woken up ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md0: no spare disk to reconstruct array! -- continuing in degraded mode
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md1: no spare disk to reconstruct array! -- continuing in degraded mode
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: recovery thread finished ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: raid1: raid set md2 active with 1 out of 2 mirrors
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: updating md2 RAID superblock on device
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: hda1 [events: 00000005](write) hda1's sb offset: 264960
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: .
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: ... autorun DONE.
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: recovery thread got woken up ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md2: no spare disk to reconstruct array! -- continuing in degraded mode
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md0: no spare disk to reconstruct array! -- continuing in degraded mode
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md1: no spare disk to reconstruct array! -- continuing in degraded mode
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: md: recovery thread finished ...
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: change_root: old root has d_count=1
Apr 26 04:35:57 LinuxServer kernel: Trying to unmount old root ... okay