Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Ok I got it now.
And I got Reiser working too, imagine that!
Thanks!
Dan.
On 2/9/07, Ross S. W. Walker <rwalker at medallion.com> wrote:
>
>
> I think what Lars was saying is:
>
> 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 meta-data.
>
> -Ross
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* drbd-user-bounces at lists.linbit.com [mailto:
> drbd-user-bounces at lists.linbit.com] *On Behalf Of *Dan Gahlinger
> *Sent:* Friday, February 09, 2007 10:42 AM
> *To:* drbd-user at lists.linbit.com
> *Subject:* Re: [DRBD-user] Reproduceable error - creating a single
> directorycauses drbd to fail
>
> Yes, I don't really follow that.
> the stuff about "shrinking the partition".
> I resized the partition, but that just makes it worse.
>
> Definitely missing something there.
>
> Which probably explains why using the other meta-disk type works.
>
> Dan.
>
> On 2/8/07, Lars Ellenberg <Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com> wrote:
> >
> > / 2007-02-08 18:17:20 -0500
> > \ Dan Gahlinger:
> > > Lars, could be.
> > >
> > > I meant "no" in that one point.
> > >
> > > I was able to "fix" the problem. By changing the metadisk to a device
> > > instead of internal.
> > > mkdir does not show the same problem.
> > >
> > > btw mystery piece, when I use Reiser or XFS, I can't get drbd to work.
> > > always get an error.
> > > I'll scan through the logs and see what I can find, the config is
> > pretty
> > > basic.
> > >
> > > Take the drbd.conf from the same (share/packages...etc) and make only
> > minor
> > > changes, thus:
> > >
> > > on amd {
> > > device /dev/drbd0;
> > > disk /dev/sda3;
> > > address 192.168.22.11:7788;
> > > meta-disk internal;
> > > }
> > >
> > > I entered a "fake" second system (whether I do it with the systems
> > connected
> > > or not made no difference so I'm just trying to simply it), as I'm
> > trying to
> > > only make it work on one system for now.
> > > then I used:
> > > /etc/init.d/drbd start
> > > drdbsetup /dev/drbd0 primary --do-what-I-say
> > > mount /dev/drbd0 /test
> > > cd /test
> > > tar -xvf /test.tar
> >
> > so. you use internal drbd metadata,
> > but you created the file system on the lower level device.
> >
> > ho hum. no further comment.
> > I guess you get to it sooner or later :->
> >
> > I give you one further hint:
> > in the kernel log, just before ext3 will remount readonly,
> > it will say "access beyond end of device".
> >
> > > >never heard of what you describe,
> > > >unless it was user error -- or bad hardware.
> >
> > :-/
> >
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