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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [HELP] Intermittent software RAID failures
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Carlos Hendson <skyclan@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop with dual 2.5" hard drives setup
> using software RAID1. =C2=A0I've had this computer for about a year and h=
alf
> and all's been working well.
>
> I've experienced intermittent software RAID errors like those found in
> the "softraid-fail.txt" attachment.
>
> Initially I suspected a kernel bug because it started around the same
> time I'd upgraded the kernel (around the 2.6.30 upgrade) but subsequent
> kernel upgrades haven't improved the situation.
>
> I've run smartctl --all and bablocks on both disks, but nothing is
> reported as faulty.
>
> I don't understand what is causing RAID to report these faults and would
> like some ideas as to how I can further diagnose the problem.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Carlos
>
Kernel upgrades might not tell you much. Kernel downgrades might.
- Mark