Unix & Linux Asked by Adam Barnett on January 2, 2022
I have a newly created mdadm raid 6 that was built using this command:
sudo mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md127 --level=6 --raid-devices=8 /dev/sdi1 /dev/sdj1 /dev/sdk1 /dev/sdl1 /dev/sdm1 /dev/sdn1 /dev/sdo1 /dev/sdp1
it shows when I use lsblk:
sdi 8:128 0 7.3T 0 disk
└─sdi1 8:129 0 7.3T 0 part
└─md127 9:127 0 43.7T 0 raid6
sdj 8:144 0 7.3T 0 disk
└─sdj1 8:145 0 7.3T 0 part
└─md127 9:127 0 43.7T 0 raid6
sdk 8:160 0 7.3T 0 disk
└─sdk1 8:161 0 7.3T 0 part
└─md127 9:127 0 43.7T 0 raid6
sdl 8:176 0 7.3T 0 disk
└─sdl1 8:177 0 7.3T 0 part
└─md127 9:127 0 43.7T 0 raid6
sdm 8:192 0 7.3T 0 disk
└─sdm1 8:193 0 7.3T 0 part
└─md127 9:127 0 43.7T 0 raid6
sdn 8:208 0 7.3T 0 disk
└─sdn1 8:209 0 7.3T 0 part
└─md127 9:127 0 43.7T 0 raid6
sdo 8:224 0 7.3T 0 disk
└─sdo1 8:225 0 7.3T 0 part
└─md127 9:127 0 43.7T 0 raid6
sdp 8:240 0 7.3T 0 disk
└─sdp1 8:241 0 7.3T 0 part
└─md127 9:127 0 43.7T 0 raid6
But I can’t mount it, istead I get this error:
$sudo mount /dev/md127 temp
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/md127': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/md127' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
What’s wrong? Thanks for any help.
You seem to have forgotten to create a filesystem on that array after activating it.
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