Unable to mount JBOD NVRAID using dmraid in Ubuntu Server 10.10
I have Ubuntu Server 10.10 installed on an Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard with four hard drives being combined in a JBOD. Originally, I had these installed on Windows Server 2003 and a single partititon (not sure if it was a primary or logical) created on this JBOD.
It appears that the RAID set is already active:
root@afs:
*** Active Set
name : nvidia_ebdfedde
size : 625205760
stride : 128
type : linear
status : ok
subsets: 0
devs : 4
spares : 0
But when I try to mount, I get the following error:
root@afs:
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/dm-2': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/dm-2' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
If I try to reactivate I get "ERROR: dos: partition address past end of RAID device":
root@afs:
WARN: locking /var/lock/
NOTICE: /dev/sde: asr discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: ddf1 discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: hpt37x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: hpt45x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: isw discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: jmicron discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: lsi discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: nvidia discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: nvidia metadata discovered
NOTICE: /dev/sde: pdc discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: sil discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sde: via discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: asr discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: ddf1 discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt37x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt45x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: isw discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: jmicron discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: lsi discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: nvidia discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: nvidia metadata discovered
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: pdc discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: sil discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdc: via discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: asr discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: ddf1 discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: hpt37x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: hpt45x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: isw discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: jmicron discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: lsi discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: nvidia discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: nvidia metadata discovered
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: pdc discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: sil discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdd: via discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: asr discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: ddf1 discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: hpt37x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: hpt45x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: isw discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: jmicron discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: lsi discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: nvidia discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: nvidia metadata discovered
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: pdc discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: sil discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sdb: via discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: asr discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: ddf1 discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: hpt37x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: hpt45x discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: isw discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: jmicron discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: lsi discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: nvidia discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: pdc discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: sil discovering
NOTICE: /dev/sda: via discovering
NOTICE: added /dev/sde to RAID set "nvidia_ebdfedde"
NOTICE: added /dev/sdc to RAID set "nvidia_ebdfedde"
NOTICE: added /dev/sdd to RAID set "nvidia_ebdfedde"
NOTICE: added /dev/sdb to RAID set "nvidia_ebdfedde"
RAID set "nvidia_ebdfedde" already active
INFO: Activating linear raid set "nvidia_ebdfedde"
NOTICE: discovering partitions on "nvidia_ebdfedde"
NOTICE: /dev/mapper/
NOTICE: /dev/mapper/
ERROR: dos: partition address past end of RAID device
NOTICE: created partitioned RAID set(s) for /dev/mapper/
WARN: unlocking /var/lock/
Here's some general info about the NVRAID set:
root@afs:
Disk /dev/mapper/
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182758 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xde854eab
/dev/mapper/
More info:
root@afs:
dmraid version: 1.0.0.rc16 (2009.09.16) shared
dmraid library version: 1.0.0.rc16 (2009.09.16)
device-mapper version: 4.17.0
root@afs:
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD400BB-32CJ
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 16.0
serial: WD-WMAAE1103510
size: 37GiB (40GB)
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD800JB-00CR
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 17.0
serial: WD-WMA8E2725523
size: 74GiB (80GB)
*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3300822AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 3.AA
serial: 3NF1DW2Q
size: 279GiB (300GB)
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: Maxtor 6Y120P0
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
version: YAR4
serial: Y36YR7QE
size: 114GiB (122GB)
*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD10EARS-00Y
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sde
version: 80.0
serial: WD-WMAV51521205
size: 931GiB (1TB)
I thought this might be a similar error to the situation reported here: https:/
and here: http://
I tried activating the partitions using kpartx, but no luck:
root@afs:
root@afs:
ntfs_mst_
ntfs_mst_
ntfs_mst_
ntfs_mst_
$MFTMirr error: Invalid mft record for '$MFT'.
Failed to mount '/dev/dm-4': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/
for more details.
Any ideas how to resolve this issue?
Question information
- Language:
- English Edit question
- Status:
- Solved
- For:
- Ubuntu dmraid Edit question
- Assignee:
- No assignee Edit question
- Solved by:
- Phillip Susi
- Solved:
- Last query:
- Last reply: