[mythtv-users] HELP! I want my mythtv!

Joseph DeGraw coffee412 at comcast.net
Sun Apr 13 09:10:11 UTC 2014


On 04/12/2014 08:21 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>> -------------------- This is a qoute below ----------------------
>> DANGER - DO NOT USE UBUNTU 12.04 IF YOU HAVE ANY SOFTWARE RAID
>> There is a race condition that randomly marks good RAID arrays as
>> failed. This triggers an error that, due to another bug, ignores the
>> "bootdegraded=true" kernel work-around parameter. The end result is you
>> end up in an initramfs shell called "busybox" that is a blackhole of
>> doom and downage.
>> ----------- End of qoute -------------------
>> Thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1861516&page=5
>> I will try disconnecting drive and see what I can do.
> So don't yet remove the supperblock. You could try to fix the array by
> re-adding the failed drive with the --re-add command. To try that you
> should boot your system from cd or usb-stick with the drives
> connected. You can then check the status of the array with cat
> /proc/mdstat. It then probably will be marked read-only. Stop the
> array with mdadm --stop /dev/md127 (or whatever number it has then)
> You then can try to reassemble the array with:
> mdadm --assemble /dev/md* followed by the physical devices. It might
> refuse te add the failed device. You can then try to readd it with:
> mdadm --re-add /dev/md* /dev/<your device>
> If it works you can create a new mdadm.conf file with:
> mdadm --detail --scan --verbose > /etc/mdadm.conf
>
> Tot mails,
>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
>
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Hello Hika,

Iam back up and running now thanks to your help. :)

Since this was a raid0 setup I did lose the recordings. The drive died 
to the point that it would not even be recognized. Something in the 
controller board just died I guess. But I got the new drive in and 
reconstructed a new raid and things are now running good.

Thanks again for all your help!

Joseph


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