NetBSD RAIDFrame issue (kind of off-topic).

[Dave Burgess <burgess%cynjut.com@localhost>]

Guys,

I'm having a weird RAID-5 problem and I'd like to chat with someone 
about it.  This isn't really a NetBSD issue, even though the RAID array 
is the NetBSD RaidFrame.  You all have more important stuff to deal 
with.  If someone could pop back to be, I'd appreciate it.

Here's the issue:

I recently had a drive in a 4 drive raid-5 array fail.  I pulled the 
drive (bearing problems - wouldn't even turn) and replaced it with an 
identical drive (in geometry).

I issued a raidctl -R /dev/wd3a raid0 on the array to rebuild the new 
drive.  It runs for about an hour and dies at the last second with an 
error (which I don't have right handy - the drive is at a customer's site).

When I try to mount the array, one half of the array (/dev/raid0e) works 
fine, but the second half (/dev/raid0f) won't mount with an error "No 
space left on device".  It is possible that the drive is over full, but 
it seems to me that it's about 70%.

The /var partition is actually full, so there might be an issue with a 
log message getting jammed, but would that kill the raidctl -R at the 
last second?

Any suggestions?

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Dave Burgess
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