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- <li><em>date</em>: Thu Oct 14 12:46:06 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: jwl at sgi.com (Jim Lynch)</li>
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Thanks for the try.
Jim.
Yu, Jerry wrote:
>/dev/ida/c0d2 is the correct device to fdisk on.
>My RH73 system on a Compaq 1850R with hardware mirror (RAID 1) shows
>/dev/ida/c0d2 as a block device instead of a directory.
>
># -----Original Message-----
># From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org]On
># Behalf Of Jeff
># Hubbs
># Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 5:28 PM
># To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
># Subject: Re: [ale] Compaq raid disk. How do I format?
>#
>#
># I think you're running fdisk on the wrong thing. You need to go
>#
># /sbin/fdisk /dev/ida/c0d2/disc
>#
># (yes, that's with a "c")
>#
># - Jeff
>#
># On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 08:32, Jim Lynch wrote:
># > Thanks, guys for your input. I'm a bit constrained here.
># The server is
># > in California and I'm in GA. The fellow (NT admin) that
># set up the raid
># > config did the install of the disks and configured c0d2 as two 9 Gb
># > disks mirrored. I'd like to redo the whole thing, but I
># can't remotely
># > and don't have anyone that understands both raid and linux
># at the site,
># > so I'm stuck with what I've got.
># >
># > On your advice I did go into fdisk and try to partition
># c0d2. Strange
># > thing happened. I can't seem to create more than one partition. I
># > think the geometry is screwed up somehow. Note it would only let me
># > start at block 1 and didn't ask me how large to make the
># partition. It
># > just grabbed it all. Any ideas how to fix that?
># >
># > /sbin/fdisk /dev/ida/c0d2
># >
># > Command (m for help): p
># >
># > Disk /dev/ida/c0d2: 1 heads, 17764320 sectors, 1 cylinders
># > Units = cylinders of 17764320 * 512 bytes
># >
># > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
># >
># > Command (m for help): n
># > Command action
># > e extended
># > p primary partition (1-4)
># > p
># > Partition number (1-4): 1
># > First cylinder (1-1, default 1):
># > Using default value 1
># >
># > Command (m for help): p
># >
># > Disk /dev/ida/c0d2: 1 heads, 17764320 sectors, 1 cylinders
># > Units = cylinders of 17764320 * 512 bytes
># >
># > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
># > /dev/ida/c0d2p1 1 1 8882159+ 83 Linux
># > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
># > phys=(768, 0, 32) logical=(0, 0, 17764320)
># > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
># > phys=(768, 0, 32) should be (768, 0, 17764320)
># >
># > Command (m for help):
># >
># >
># > Jim Lynch wrote:
># >
># > > I've have an old compaq that a Windows tech added some
># disks to but
># > > had no idea what to do to make it work on Linux. From the dmesg
># > > listing I found:
># > >
># > > Compaq SMART2 Driver (v 2.4.5)
># > > Found 1 controller(s)
># > > cpqarray: Finding drives on ida0 (SMART-2/P)
># > > cpqarray ida/c0d0: blksz=512 nr_blks=8380320
># > > cpqarray ida/c0d1: blksz=512 nr_blks=16768800
># > > cpqarray ida/c0d2: blksz=512 nr_blks=17764320
># > >
># > > It looks like he added ida/c0d2 since I have the other two drives
># > > mentioned in the fstab file. When I tried to look at one of the
># > > existing drives with fdisk I found:
># > > Disk /dev/ida/c0d1: 1 heads, 16768800 sectors, 1 cylinders
># > > Units = cylinders of 16768800 * 512 bytes
># > >
># > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p1 * 1 1 2044064 82 Linux swap
># > > Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings
># (non-Linux?):
># > > phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 0, 33)
># > > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
># > > phys=(500, 254, 32) logical=(0, 0, 4088160)
># > > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
># > > phys=(500, 254, 32) should be (500, 0, 16768800)
># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p2 1 1 391680 83 Linux
># > > Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings
># (non-Linux?):
># > > phys=(501, 0, 1) logical=(0, 0, 4088161)
># > > Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
># > > phys=(596, 254, 32) logical=(0, 0, 4871520)
># > > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
># > > phys=(596, 254, 32) should be (596, 0, 16768800)
># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p3 1 1 261120 83 Linux
># > > Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings
># (non-Linux?):
># > > phys=(597, 0, 1) logical=(0, 0, 4871521)
># > > Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
># > > phys=(660, 254, 32) logical=(0, 0, 5393760)
># > > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
># > > phys=(660, 254, 32) should be (660, 0, 16768800)
># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p4 1 1 5687520 f
># Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
># > > Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings
># (non-Linux?):
># > > phys=(661, 0, 1) logical=(0, 0, 5393761)
># > > Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
># > > phys=(1023, 254, 32) logical=(0, 0, 16768800)
># > > Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary:
># > > phys=(1023, 254, 32) should be (1023, 0, 16768800)
># > > /dev/ida/c0d1p5 1 1 5687504 83 Linux
># > >
># > > Which makes me a bit leary of using fdisk on these
># drives. Most of
># > > that output doesn't make sense to me. Can anyone point me in the
># > > right direction so I can learn how to format this new
># drive? This is
># > > a RH 7.2 system. If I understand correctly this is a
># RAID system.
># > > The new drive is really 2 9 Gb drives configured as a
># mirror, so I
># > > was told. Is there some other utility I need to use to
># make sense of
># > > the partitioning of the existing drives?
># > >
># > > Thanks,
># > > Jim.
># > >
># > >
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