[rpmurray]

Before I start thinking on what to do next, I figured I'll post what the log contains about adding Disk 1 back into the RAID.

I System Database : SDB has been written to flash at 2006/09/03 12:08:06. System 9/3/2006 12:08:06 PM
W File System : The private partition was corrupted: recreated Disk FFFFFFFF 9/3/2006 12:01:16 PM
I File System : Format complete Disk (Priv) 9/3/2006 12:01:16 PM
I File System : Opened FDB for device 0x10006 Disk (Priv) 9/3/2006 12:01:16 PM
I File System : 32MB in 4 cyl groups (16 c/g, 8MB/g, 768 i/g) Disk (Priv) 9/3/2006 12:01:12 PM
I File System : /dev/ride0g: 65536 sectors in 64 cylinders of 16 tracks, 64 sectors Disk (Priv) 9/3/2006 12:01:12 PM
I File System : Formatting /dev/ride0g Disk (Priv) 9/3/2006 12:01:12 PM
I File System : Process formatting device /dev/ride0g Disk (Priv) 9/3/2006 12:01:12 PM
E File System Check : FSCK fatal error = 8 Disk (Priv) 9/3/2006 12:01:12 PM
I File System Check : partition is clean. Disk (Priv) 9/3/2006 12:01:12 PM
I File System Check : Executing fsck /dev/ride0g /force /fix /fixfatal Disk (Priv) 9/3/2006 12:01:12 PM
I File System : Spare Device 10000 has been converted from Individual Drive. Disk 10000
Individual 9/3/2006 12:01:12 PM


My guess is the "FSCK fatal error = 8" means something bad happened. It's kind of strange that this doesn't happen when I format the disk manually, but only when it does another format before bringing it into the RAID. When it was just an individual disk, it looks fine.

A little more info. The Model number for the new drive is WD1200JB-00REA0, where the old ones are WD1200JB-75CRA0. The Firmware rev for the new drive is 20.00K20, and for the older drives 16.06V16. I'm starting to wonder if the server just doesn't like this mix of old and new.

As soon as the disk check completes, I'll put in the other drive and give it another shot. I also have a couple of Seagate 160GB drives, should I skip trying the WD1200JB and just try those instead? The Seagates are model ST3160812A.