:spare ignored in setup-storage

[Grant Root]

I'm using FAI to set up a server with RAID1 and LVM (although I don't 
think the LVM is relevant to this problem). The FAI version is 
3.2.17~lenny1.

Essentially, I've placed the :spare option on one of the partitions in 
each RAID1 array, but that partition is simply being added into the 
array instead of being used as a hot spare.

I've probably just made some config mistake, because I'm having 
trouble finding complete examples. If anyone can spot it, please let 
me know.

Here's my config file. Note that I've also tried the "disk1", "disk1.1" etc. 
notation instead of the "/dev/i2o/hda", "/dev/i2o/hda1" notation. Both 
have exactly the same results.

disk_config /dev/i2o/hda disklabel:msdos bootable:1
primary -       10G     -       -
primary -       8G      -       -
primary -       -100%   -       -

disk_config /dev/i2o/hdb disklabel:msdos bootable:1
primary -       10G     -       -
primary -       8G      -       -
primary -       -100%   -       -

disk_config /dev/i2o/hdc disklabel:msdos bootable:1
primary -       10G     -       -
primary -       8G      -       -
primary -       -100%   -       -

disk_config raid
raid1   /       /dev/i2o/hda1,/dev/i2o/hdb1,/dev/i2o/hdc1:spare ext3    
rw,errors=remount-ro
raid1   swap    /dev/i2o/hda2,/dev/i2o/hdb2,/dev/i2o/hdc2:spare swap    
sw
raid1   -       /dev/i2o/hda3,/dev/i2o/hdb3,/dev/i2o/hdc3:spare -       -

disk_config lvm
vg vg0 md2
vg0-lv0 /var/spool/samba        2G      ext3    rw
vg0-lv1 /srv/samba              -100%   ext3    rw,acl


Here are the mdadm commands executed during the installation:

Executing: udevsettle --timeout 10 && yes | mdadm --create /dev/md0 
--level=raid1 --force --run --raid-devices=3 --spare-devices=0 
/dev/i2o/hda1 /dev/i2o/hdb1 /dev/i2o/hdc1
...
Executing: udevsettle --timeout 10 && yes | mdadm --create /dev/md1 
--level=raid1 --force --run --raid-devices=3 --spare-devices=0 
/dev/i2o/hda2 /dev/i2o/hdb2 /dev/i2o/hdc2
...
Executing: udevsettle --timeout 10 && yes | mdadm --create /dev/md2 
--level=raid1 --force --run --raid-devices=3 --spare-devices=0 
/dev/i2o/hdb3 /dev/i2o/hda3 /dev/i2o/hdc3


After installation, /proc/mdstat looks like this:

Personalities : [raid1]
md2 : active raid1 i2o/hdb3[0] i2o/hdc3[2] i2o/hda3[1]
      274092928 blocks [3/3] [UUU]
      [====>................]  resync = 24.6% (67616768/274092928) 
finish=70.1min speed=49026K/sec

md1 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 i2o/hda2[0] i2o/hdc2[2] i2o/hdb2[1]
      8385856 blocks [3/3] [UUU]
        resync=PENDING

md0 : active raid1 i2o/hda1[0] i2o/hdc1[2] i2o/hdb1[1]
      10482304 blocks [3/3] [UUU]

unused devices: <none>


-- 
Grant Root
IT Supervisor, Dayton-Phoenix Group, Inc.

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