Environment
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES2)
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES2)
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Situation
You are trying to use the
following command
ERROR:
mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=6
--chunk=128 --raid-devices=4 disk1 disk2 disk3 missing
to create a RAID6 with 3 disks.
The command exits with the following error messagesERROR:
mdadm: RUN_ARRAY failed:
Input/output error
mdadm: stopped /dev/md0
mdadm: stopped /dev/md0
Resolution
The problem is reported to
engineering and update for mdadm will be published as soon as
fixed.
Workaround
First create a RAID6 with 2 disks
Workaround
First create a RAID6 with 2 disks
mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=6
--chunk=128 --raid-devices=4 disk1 disk2 missing missing
and then add the 3rd
diskmdadm /dev/md0 --manage -a
disk3