[DRBD-user] Problem creating md

Lars Ellenberg lars.ellenberg at linbit.com
Wed Apr 16 16:55:41 CEST 2008

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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:40:36PM +0300, Ziv Gabel wrote:
> When trying to do  create-md as shown in the manual I get:
>
> [root at devsipbxlmailvision ~]# drbdadm create-md r0
> v08 Magic number not found
> md_offset 18203176960
> al_offset 18203144192
> bm_offset 18202587136
>
> Found ext2 filesystem which uses 17776544 kB
> current configuration leaves usable 17775964 kB
>
> Device size would be truncated, which
> would corrupt data and result in
> 'access beyond end of device' errors.
> You need to either
>   * use external meta data (recommended)
>   * shrink that filesystem first
>   * zero out the device (destroy the filesystem)
> Operation refused.
>
> Command 'drbdmeta /dev/drbd0 v08 /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 internal create-md'  
> terminated with exit code 40
> drbdadm aborting
>
>
> what should I do ?

google "drbdadm create-md operation refused"
or look at http://www.linux-ha.org/DRBD/FAQ
where I just added your question.

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