[clug-talk] can't mount software raid array

[Gustin Johnson]

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Chris q wrote:
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> no worries. I appreciate the help. What I think might have happened is
> that somewhere between where I made the raid array years ago and now the
> mdadm guys got all cute and made software raid arrays partitionable, so
> mount is looking for a partition table that doesn't exist. It probably
> doesn't help that when I originally assembled it it setup partitions 1
> through 4 and I had to stop the array and change the options to make it
> an old style software raid with no partitions.
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I wonder if the option "realatime" has been removed or renamed?  Try
mounting the partition somewhere else, and then manually specifying the
mount options.

Personally what I do is layer LVM on top of software RAID.  It is easier
to grow the FS if I upgrade the disks in the array, or I can add a
second array.  Lots of fun to be had.
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