berk walker <berk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What might the proper [or functional] syntax be to do this? > > I'm running 2.6.10-1.766-FC3, and mdadm 1.90. Substitute the word "missing" for the corresponding device in the mdadm create command. (quotes manual page) To create a "degraded" array in which some devices are missing, simply give the word "missing" in place of a device name. Peter - 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