Hey Folks, I've got a problem that I cannot seem to make go away. I've got a machine running FC8 ]# uname -a Linux <hostname> 2.6.26.6-49.fc8 #1 SMP Fri Oct 17 15:33:32 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux with an external eSATA Hard Drive RAID 5 array. I installed a replacement drive for the main system and performed a fresh install of FC10 with the RAID 5 array disconnected. Then after ensuring all updates were completed (as of Jan 03/09) I reattached the array. As root I issued the mdadm command and received the following error: ]# mdadm --assemble /dev/md1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1 /dev/sdf1 /dev/sda1 mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sda1: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sda1 has no superblock - assembly aborted I cannot seem to determine why I cannot access the sda1 drive. I have replaced the FC8 system drive and all is well. I can start and mount the RAID array normally. There is no mdadm.conf file. I have always mounted the array manually. I've beat Google into a frenzy over the last couple days trying find a solution to no avail. Any clues/hints/suggestion? Thanks much. Additional information: ====================================================== ]# mdadm --assemble --run /dev/md1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1 /dev/sdf1 This will work to bring up the array under FC10 in a degraded state. I did remove sda1 from the array, then delete and recreate the partition on sda, and attempt to add it back into the array, but continue to receive the same error messages from mdadm. I had to rebuild the array under FC8. ==================================================== ]# lsof | grep -i sda <nothing listed> ====================================================== ]# mdadm --examine /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : c03bad6f:28dae689:a100065d:2118bad4 Creation Time : Sat Nov 8 17:08:48 2008 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 488383936 (465.76 GiB 500.11 GB) Array Size : 1953535744 (1863.04 GiB 2000.42 GB) Raid Devices : 5 Total Devices : 5 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Sat Jan 3 16:11:42 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 3fb6543 - correct Events : 445816 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 4 8 1 4 active sync /dev/sda1 0 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 8 81 3 active sync /dev/sdf1 4 4 8 1 4 active sync /dev/sda1 ====================================================== ]# mdadm --examine /dev/sdb1 mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdb1. ]# mdadm --examine /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : c03bad6f:28dae689:a100065d:2118bad4 Creation Time : Sat Nov 8 17:08:48 2008 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 488383936 (465.76 GiB 500.11 GB) Array Size : 1953535744 (1863.04 GiB 2000.42 GB) Raid Devices : 5 Total Devices : 5 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Sat Jan 3 16:11:42 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 3fb655b - correct Events : 445816 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 0 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 8 81 3 active sync /dev/sdf1 4 4 8 1 4 active sync /dev/sda1 ================================================================= ]# mdadm --examine /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : c03bad6f:28dae689:a100065d:2118bad4 Creation Time : Sat Nov 8 17:08:48 2008 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 488383936 (465.76 GiB 500.11 GB) Array Size : 1953535744 (1863.04 GiB 2000.42 GB) Raid Devices : 5 Total Devices : 5 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Sat Jan 3 16:11:42 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 3fb655b - correct Events : 445816 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 0 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 8 81 3 active sync /dev/sdf1 4 4 8 1 4 active sync /dev/sda1 ================================================================ ]# mdadm --examine /dev/sde1 /dev/sde1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : c03bad6f:28dae689:a100065d:2118bad4 Creation Time : Sat Nov 8 17:08:48 2008 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 488383936 (465.76 GiB 500.11 GB) Array Size : 1953535744 (1863.04 GiB 2000.42 GB) Raid Devices : 5 Total Devices : 5 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Sat Jan 3 16:11:42 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 3fb657f - correct Events : 445816 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 0 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 8 81 3 active sync /dev/sdf1 4 4 8 1 4 active sync /dev/sda1 =============================================================== ]# mdadm --examine /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdf1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : c03bad6f:28dae689:a100065d:2118bad4 Creation Time : Sat Nov 8 17:08:48 2008 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 488383936 (465.76 GiB 500.11 GB) Array Size : 1953535744 (1863.04 GiB 2000.42 GB) Raid Devices : 5 Total Devices : 5 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Sat Jan 3 16:11:42 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 3fb6591 - correct Events : 445816 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 3 8 81 3 active sync /dev/sdf1 0 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 8 81 3 active sync /dev/sdf1 4 4 8 1 4 active sync /dev/sda1 ============================================================ ]# service --status-all | grep -i md mdadm is stopped ====================================================== ]# service --status-all acpid (pid 2176) is running... anacron (pid 2649) is running... atd (pid 2569) is running... auditd (pid 2057) is running... Avahi daemon is running BackupPC is stopped bluetoothd is stopped btseed is stopped bttrack is stopped Frequency scaling enabled using ondemand governor crond (pid 2518) is running... cupsd (pid 2616) is running... cups-config-daemon is obsolete dc_client is stopped dc_server is stopped dnsmasq (pid 2657) is running... Usage: /etc/init.d/firstboot {start|stop} Checking fuse filesystem ok. gpm (pid 2507) is running... hald (pid 2184) is running... httpd is stopped innd is stopped irattach is stopped irqbalance (pid 2085) is running... iscsid is stopped kerneloops (pid 2527) is running... libvirtd (pid 2590) is running... k8temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter Core0 Temp: +15.0°C Core0 Temp: +5.0°C Core1 Temp: +0.0°C Core1 Temp: -3.0°C mdadm is stopped dbus-daemon (pid 3149 2152) is running... multipathd is stopped netconsole module not loaded netplugd is stopped Configured devices: lo eth0 eth1 Currently active devices: lo eth0 eth1 virbr0 NetworkManager (pid 2402) is running... rpc.mountd is stopped nfsd is stopped rpc.rquotad is stopped rpc.statd (pid 2105) is running... nmbd (pid 2540) is running... nscd is stopped ntpd (pid 2453) is running... nvidia.ko for kernel 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64 was found. The driver is enabled. openvpn: service not started pcscd (pid 2389) is running... portreserve is stopped Process accounting is disabled. racoon is stopped rdisc is stopped restorecond is stopped rpcbind (pid 2092) is running... rpc.idmapd (pid 2139) is running... rsyslogd (pid 2073) is running... saslauthd is stopped sendmail (pid 2488) is running... sm-client (pid 2497) is running... setroubleshootd (pid 2435) is running... smartd is stopped smbd (pid 2548) is running... Monthly smolt check-in is enabled. snmpd is stopped snmptrapd is stopped squid is stopped openssh-daemon (pid 2445) is running... Xvnc is stopped vsftpd (pid 2471) is running... winbindd (pid 2415) is running... wpa_supplicant (pid 2412) is running... ypbind is stopped -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines