Hello Neil (& all) , make that 'mdadm -b --examine --scan /dev/'All devices in the array' Twyl , JimL Which gives you (gosh;-) the output being looked for : # mdadm -b --examine --scan /dev/sd[b-d]1 ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid5 disks=3 UUID=b285b144:ae0b561b:b5b55686:ed216a4c devices=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc1,/dev/sdd1 On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > Hello Neil (& all) , Paint me embarassed . > mdadm --examine --scan /dev/'An device in the array' NOT the > md0 device itself . But I still do not get output that (IMO) > appears to resemble a mdadm.conf output . All info necessary is > in the output Just not in a mdadm.conf ready format (IMO) . > Tnx , JimL > On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > > Hello Neil , 'mdadm --examine --scan /dev/md0' on my device > > does not respond with 'creates some ARRAY lines suitable for > > mdctl.conf' information . What I get is : > > # mdadm --examine --scan /dev/md0 > > mdadm: No super block found on /dev/md0 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) > > Using detail function I get the below . What am I doing wrong ? > > Tia , JimL +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | P.O. Box 854 | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Coudersport PA 16915 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html