On Sunday May 2, me@heyjay.com wrote: > Hi, > > I did a fresh install of Sarge, updated the kernel to 2.4.26. then did: > > platinum:~# mdadm -C /dev/md0 --level raid1 --raid-disks 2 missing > /dev/hdc1 > mdadm: /dev/hdc1 appears to contain an ext2fs file system > size=117218240K mtime=Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969 > Continue creating array? y > mdadm: SET_ARRAY_INFO failed for /dev/md0: File exists > > Anyone know why am I getting this error? This is the first time (for this > install) that I'm trying to build a raid. Where does this file exist? On > my system disk or on the second disk I'm trying to build the raid > on? What does cat /proc/mdstat show? I suspect /dev/md0 has already been assembled somehow. NeilBrown > > Thanks > Jay > > - > 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 - 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