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color=#0000ff size=2>I think what Lars was saying is:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Do not mkfs on the initial device, mkfs on the /dev/drbdX
device, because the last 128MB on the initial device will be eaten for
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> drbd-user-bounces@lists.linbit.com
[mailto:drbd-user-bounces@lists.linbit.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dan
Gahlinger<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 09, 2007 10:42 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
drbd-user@lists.linbit.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DRBD-user] Reproduceable
error - creating a single directorycauses drbd to fail<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Yes, I don't really follow that.<BR>the stuff about "shrinking the
partition".<BR>I resized the partition, but that just makes it
worse.<BR><BR>Definitely missing something there.<BR><BR>Which probably
explains why using the other meta-disk type works. <BR><BR>Dan.<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/8/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Lars
Ellenberg</B> <<A
href="mailto:Lars.Ellenberg@linbit.com">Lars.Ellenberg@linbit.com</A>>
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2007-02-08 18:17:20 -0500<BR>\ Dan Gahlinger:<BR>> Lars, could
be.<BR>><BR>> I meant "no" in that one point.<BR>><BR>> I was
able to "fix" the problem. By changing the metadisk to a device <BR>>
instead of internal.<BR>> mkdir does not show the same
problem.<BR>><BR>> btw mystery piece, when I use Reiser or XFS, I
can't get drbd to work.<BR>> always get an error.<BR>> I'll scan
through the logs and see what I can find, the config is pretty <BR>>
basic.<BR>><BR>> Take the drbd.conf from the same
(share/packages...etc) and make only minor<BR>> changes,
thus:<BR>><BR>> on amd
{<BR>> device
/dev/drbd0;<BR>> disk
/dev/sda3; <BR>> address <A
href="http://192.168.22.11:7788">192.168.22.11:7788</A>;<BR>> meta-disk internal;<BR>>
}<BR>><BR>> I entered a "fake" second system (whether I do it with the
systems connected <BR>> or not made no difference so I'm just trying to
simply it), as I'm trying to<BR>> only make it work on one system for
now.<BR>> then I used:<BR>> /etc/init.d/drbd start<BR>> drdbsetup
/dev/drbd0 primary --do-what-I-say <BR>> mount /dev/drbd0 /test<BR>>
cd /test<BR>> tar -xvf /test.tar<BR><BR>so. you use internal drbd
metadata,<BR>but you created the file system on the lower level
device.<BR><BR>ho hum. no further comment.<BR>I guess you get to
it sooner or later :-> <BR><BR>I give you one further hint:<BR>in the
kernel log, just before ext3 will remount readonly,<BR>it will say "access
beyond end of device".<BR><BR>> >never heard of what you
describe,<BR>> >unless it was user error -- or bad hardware.
<BR><BR>:-/<BR><BR>--<BR>: Lars
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