Nevermind, For the next newbie: mdadm --stop /dev/md0 mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/hda1 mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/hdb1 ... Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: <me@heyjay.com> To: "Neil Brown" <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>; <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 9:22 PM Subject: Re: mdadm: SET_ARRAY_INFO failed for /dev/md0: File exists > > What does > > cat /proc/mdstat > > show? I suspect /dev/md0 has already been assembled somehow. > > platinum:~# cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] > md3 : active raid1 hdc1[1] > 20000768 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > md1 : active raid1 hdc2[1] > 40001728 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > md2 : active raid1 hdc3[1] > 40001728 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > unused devices: <none> > > But how??? I didn't build it. Is it possible to remain after installs? Can > I delete an md? If so how? > > - > 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