Monitoring filesystem activity under Linux with block_dump 
sudo sysctl vm.block_dump=1

or

echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump


tail -f /var/log/kern.log

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ntfs read/write with feisty 
apt-get install ntfs-g3

/etc/group
+fuse:x:100:users

vol_id /dev/sda1

/etc/fstab
UUID=5EFC7B02FC7AD42D   /media/usbhdd ntfs-3g rw,users,uid=1000,guid=1000,umask=007,locale=de_AT.utf8,force   0    0
user can mount but not unmount
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/71609/comments/7

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/7435949/u ... ount.patch

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
$ sudo apt-get build-dep mount
$ cd /tmp
$ apt-get source mount
$ cd util-linux-2.12r
$ ./debian/rules patch
$ patch -Np1 -i ../util-linux_user_mount.patch
$ ./configure
$ make lib
$ make -C mount
$ sudo chown root:root mount/umount
$ sudo chmod 4755 mount/umount
$ sudo mv mount/umount /bin

automount with udev:

06-usbsticks.rules
BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd*", SYSFS{serial}=="DEF10000CC2DAB6", NAME="%k", run+="/bin/mount /media/usbhdd"


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serial (ttyS) over TCP 
First computer where to redirect serial via TCP:

stty -F /dev/ttyS0 raw 9600 -echo
nc 192.168.0.1 1111 >/dev/ttyS0 </dev/ttyS0

Second computer receiving needs 2 serial's
stty -F /dev/ttyS0 raw 9600 -echo
stty -F /dev/ttyS1 raw 9600 -echo

nc -l -p 1111 >/dev/ttyS1 </dev/ttyS1

Now a programm can connect to /dev/ttyS0 and talks to out first computer.


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raid1 with ubuntu feisty 

What i want from a raid1:



notiy if a disk fails


This is done by mdadm

boot degraded with only one disk


boot degraded does not work with ubuntu, because mdadm does not start a degraded raid :-(

my workaround is to add a bootmenue entry in grub

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (raid defect)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=/dev/md1 ro raid_degraded
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic

and make an initrd (update-innitramfs -u) with /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/raid_degraded

#!/bin/sh

set -eu

PREREQ="udev"

prereqs()
{
echo "$PREREQ"
}

case ${1:-} in
prereqs)
prereqs
exit 0
;;
*)
. /scripts/functions
;;
esac

if [ -e /scripts/local-top/md ]; then
log_warning_msg "old md initialisation script found, getting out of its way..."
exit 1
fi

MDADM=$(command -v mdadm)
[ -x $MDADM ] || exit 0

if grep raid_degraded /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null; then
echo "MD_DEGRADED_ARGS=' '" >> /conf/md.conf
fi

exit 0


reported to ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/+bug/120375

easy change disk if one disk fails


Threrefore i made a script doing partitioning, adding to raid and installing bootloader of the new disk

#!/bin/sh

if grep -q sda /proc/mdstat; then
SRC_DISK=/dev/sda
DST_DISK=/dev/sdb
else
SRC_DISK=/dev/sdb
DST_DISK=/dev/sda
fi

if ! sfdisk -l 2>/dev/null | grep -q $SRC_DISK; then
echo $SRC_DISK not found
exit 1
fi

if ! sfdisk -l 2>/dev/null | grep -q $DST_DISK; then
echo $DST_DISK not found
exit 1
fi

sfdisk -d $SRC_DISK | sfdisk $DST_DISK

mdadm /dev/md0 -a ${DST_DISK}1
mdadm /dev/md1 -a ${DST_DISK}2

cat /proc/mdstat

/usr/sbin/grub --batch --device-map=/dev/null <<EOF
device (hd0) $DST_DISK
root (hd0,1)
setup (hd0)
quit
EOF

exit 0

set uuid


ubuntu cannot boot if any uuid of any disk is different - solution set uuid:

mdadm --stop /dev/md0
madmd --assemble --verbose /dev/md0 /dev/hda1 /dev/hdb1 \
--update=uuid --uuid=xxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxx

newer versions of mdadm should be able to set uuid with --create

why is my raid1 so slow ?


Reading from my raid1 is as fast as a single sata disc:

hdparm -t /dev/sda1

/dev/sda1:
Timing buffered disk reads: 172 MB in 3.00 seconds = 57.27 MB/sec

hdparm -t /dev/sdb1

/dev/sdb1:
Timing buffered disk reads: 172 MB in 3.01 seconds = 57.20 MB/sec

hdparm -t /dev/md0

/dev/md0:
Timing buffered disk reads: 172 MB in 3.00 seconds = 57.29 MB/sec

i tried

* different motherboard with a different sata onboard controller but also the same results

* different ubuntu kernels: 2.6.17, 2.60.20 and from gutsy 2.6.22rc

* different images:
linux-image-2.6.20-16-generic 2.6.20-16.29
linux-image-2.6.20-16-lowlatency 2.6.20-16.29
linux-image-2.6.20-16-server 2.6.20-16.29

* also a raid1 with PATA Disks

reported to ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/+bug/120378

can anybody explain me why?


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