Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Dears Kindly help as I Can’t create the drbd device because of this error message drbdmeta /dev/drbd0 v08 /dev/sda2 internal create-md' terminated with exit code 40 global { usage-count yes; } Common { Syncer { rate 10M; } } resource r0 { protocol C; on master { device /dev/drbd1; disk /dev/sdb1; address 192.168.1.1;7789; meta-disk internal; } on slave{ device /dev/drbd1; disk /dev/sdb1; address 192.168.1.2;7789; meta-disk internal; } } Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 38 305203+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 39 2349 18563107+ 83 Linux /dev/sda3 2350 2610 2096482+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/sdb: 5368 MB, 5368709120 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 652 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 652 5237158+ 83 Linux [root at master ~]# drbdadm create-md r0 v08 Magic number not found md_offset 5362843648 al_offset 5362810880 bm_offset 5362647040 Found ext3 filesystem which uses 5237156 kB current configuration leaves usable 5236960 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/drbd1 v08 /dev/sdb1 internal create-md' terminated with exit code 40 drbdadm aborting -- Eng. Mahmoud Alshinhab NOC System Engineer RHCT -RedHat Certified Technician- Fedora Ambassador Wiki : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Tuxawy mahmoud.alshinhab at gmail.com tuxawy at fedoraproject.org