Re: RAID superblock confusion

[Richard Gooch]

Andreas Dilger writes:
> On Apr 10, 2002  09:33 -0600, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > Even though I'm using persistent superblockss, which is supposed to
> > allow one to move devices from one controller to another, I can't
> > use my RAID) set in this configuration. Looks like a bug.
> > 
> > md0: former device scsi/host2/bus0/target1/lun0/part2 is unavailable, removing from array!
> > md: md0, array needs 6 disks, has 5, aborting.
> 
> Note that this appears to be your real problem.

No. I tested all 6 partitions used in the RAID set. They are all
available.

> > Note the following line from the kernel logs above:
> > md: can not import scsi/host6/bus0/target0/lun0/part2, has active inodes!
> > 
> > Well, that's no surprise, as this partition has /usr! And this
> > partition isn't even mentioned in the /etc/raidtab file. But I note
> > that it has the same device number in this (the broken) configuration
> > as /dev/sd/c0b0t1u0p2 has in the working configuration.
> 
> That is a red herring, I think.

Then what *is* the problem?

				Regards,

					Richard....
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