>> /proc/mdstat: >> Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] >> read_ahead 1024 sectors >> md4 : inactive sdc2[2] >> blocks >> >> The thing is that I have no spare-discs available in my system and >> that "spare" disc _is_ the one that has always been the second mirror >> of /dev/md4. >> > > It looks like maybe it was /dev/sdc that failed and when you rebooted > without it, the old sdd was renamed to sdc. > > In any case, if the failed drive is really dead, the best you can hope > for it > mdadm -C /dev/md1 -l 1 -n 2 /dev/sdc2 missing > and hope the data on it is recent enough. > Note: this will not change the data on sdc2. It will only change the > superblock and allow you to access what is there. Ok, now the status is after the following command: >mdadm -v --assemble /dev/md5 /dev/md3 /dev/md4 mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md5 mdadm: /dev/md3 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/md4 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 1. mdadm: added /dev/md4 to /dev/md5 as 1 mdadm: added /dev/md3 to /dev/md5 as 0 mdadm: /dev/md5 assembled from 1 drive - not enough to start the array. /proc/mdstat: Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] read_ahead 1024 sectors md5 : inactive md3[0] md4[1] 0 blocks md4 : active raid1 sdc2[0] 60034880 blocks [2/1] [U_] md3 : active raid1 hdg2[2] hde2[1] 58616640 blocks [2/1] [_U] Any ideas ? :) Regards, Tomi Orava - 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