Ok, here we go. See below for the information you requested earlier. # mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=5 --raid-devices=3 /dev/hdg1 /dev/hdd1 missing mdadm: /dev/hdg1 appears to be part of a raid array: level=5 devices=3 ctime=Wed Jul 7 08:11:18 2004 mdadm: /dev/hdd1 appears to be part of a raid array: level=5 devices=3 ctime=Wed Jul 7 08:11:18 2004 Continue creating array? y mdadm: array /dev/md0 started. Guy said: > > Send me the output from these 2 commands: > Cat /proc/mdstat # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid5] read_ahead 1024 sectors md0 : active raid5 hdd1[1] hdg1[0] 240121472 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/2] [UU_] unused devices: <none> > > mdadm -D /dev/md0 # mdadm -D /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 00.90.00 Creation Time : Wed Jul 7 16:32:44 2004 Raid Level : raid5 Array Size : 240121472 (229.00 GiB 245.88 GB) Device Size : 120060736 (114.50 GiB 122.94 GB) Raid Devices : 3 Total Devices : 3 Preferred Minor : 0 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Wed Jul 7 16:32:44 2004 State : dirty, no-errors Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 34 1 0 active sync /dev/hdg1 1 22 65 1 active sync /dev/hdd1 2 0 0 2 faulty UUID : 4120b6d1:f484d7f2:2372ca69:3c1063cd Events : 0.1 -- Steve - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html