Yes I think rc11 does have the stripe size fix and that is also the version that I am running here with my FC5. Try this command: dmraid -a n && dmraid -a y I believe that would fix the drive mapping and having both the dmraid deactivation and activation on one line is fast enough so it won't mess up your mounted volume. Then recreate your /boot/initrd-(kernel version here).img file with the /sbin/mkinitrd command and see if that works. <blockquote style='border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0.8ex 0pt 0pt 0pt; padding-bottom: 1ex;'> ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [RE]Intel SATA RAID Date : Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:04:21 +0800 From : Hadders <ata.raid@workingwithit.com> To : "ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak, Highpoint 370) related discussions" <ataraid-list@redhat.com> Thanks for coming back to me about this, everyone else has gone quiet. I updated my existing FC5 to rc11 and the mount problems went away! yay! As I was saying, I'd setup a new install of FC5, but problems with the Kernel made me consider a drastic move. I decided to copy my existing setup across into the RAID container. I cleaned out the target partitions first and the did a "find . -xdev | cpio -pdam /<dest>" and copied everything into the new places. I kept the Device.Map from Grub for the Original RAID install and copied this back once I'd migrated. I tweaked the /etc/fstab to ensure things pointed to the right labels. It didn't work, I didn't get a device/mapper error, but then it couldn't find the container and mount "root" (LABEL=/) and yes, I checked that the RAID container volumes have an e2label that matches. This last section of your response, kinda makes sense to me but it's a bit beyond me. Can you please expand on the steps to: 1. "unpack the ramdisk" ? what file is this? how do I unpack this? 2. "edit that file manually"? what am I editing and what in particular am I looking for? 3. repack? okay makes sense If you can point me in the right direction of the unpack/pack and what I'm editing this would be greatly appreciated. I'm not to worred about getting rc13 yet. I think rc11 has fixed the initial problems, and it sounds like your diagnosis about the mapping being defunct is right! I just need to know how to fix it. Thanks Heaps. James Olson wrote: > Are you getting this this kernel error when you type dmraid -ay with > rc11, or when trying to boot? > Another known problem is that FC5 mapping created with the original > dmraid gets "stuck". Using mkinitrd doesn't update to the new mapping > (that eliminates the stripe size error). The device mapping is stored > inside the initial initrd file inside the "init" file. You may have to > unpack the ramdisk edit that file manually and repack to get it to work. > Also if the rpm is for fc6 you could instead download the dmraid > source files and compile the newer version on fc5 with gcc. _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list </BLOCKQUOTE> <div> <hr style="width:85%;margin-left:0px;text-align:left"/> Lycos Cinema : Catch up with your friends and see free movies online - watch, chat & connect now >> <a href="http://cinema.lycos.com/?if_Event=mail" target="_blank">http://cinema.lycos.com</a> </div>