[CentOS] Centos 4.3 & drbd

Mon Jun 12 06:33:32 UTC 2006
Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at darkover.org>

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On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 07:14:23AM +0100, centos at bathnetworks.com wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 20:59 +0100, centos at bathnetworks.com wrote:
> >> Starting DRBD resources:    [ d0 ioctl(,SET_DISK_CONFIG,) failed:
> >> Invalid
> >> argument
> >> Lower device is already mounted.
> >>
> >
> > I think you are not understanding what drbd does.
> >
> > It is network RAID1 ... you can't mount and use the DRBD device on both
> > machines at the same time.  It is designed so that if the first machine
> > fails, the second machine / partition is used instead.
> >
> 
> Jonny,
> 
> Thanks for the info. I understand that point. However, with DRBD not
> running or mounted on shorty, Fs1 still gives the same error.

You are correct. The "lower device" in this message is the physical disk.
Specifically, /dev/hde1 (as configured).

I have no idea why you are getting this message, but that Invalid Argument
error doesn't look to good for me.

- -- 
Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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