CentOS List wrote:
>>>>>> It might be easier to swap the old sdb into the sda position so
>>>>>> you'll boot from it, but you should also be able to boot the
>>>>>> install cd with
>>>>>
>>>>> If swapped and booted, and got a kernel panic error.
>>>>
>>>> What does it complain about?
>>> <snip>
>>> mounting root filesystem cfs: can't find ext3 filesystem on dev md2
>>> mount: error 22 mounting ext
>>> mount: error 22 mounting none switching to new root switchroot: mount
>>> failed: 22 unmount /initrd/dev failed: 2
>>> Kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init!
>>
>> From the rescue mode boot, can you mount either /dev/md2 or the
>> underlying /dev/sd?2 from either of the disks. If not, the raid isn't
>> your problem, it is the contents of the partition.
>
> # mount /dev/md2 /mnt/part3
> mount: Mounting /dev/md2 on /mnt/part3 failed: Invalid argument
What about the /dev/sda2 or /dev/sdb2 that was the original disk? If
you can't mount the filesystem from there, I think the contents either
weren't what you thought (the raid wasn't working before the other drive
failed) or something you have done since has damaged it.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com