Hi ! Today i tried following: -snip- server:~# mdadm --assemble --run --force /dev/md2 /dev/hdi1 /dev/hdk1 missing /dev/hdo1 mdadm: cannot open device missing: No such file or directory mdadm: missing has no superblock - assembly aborted server:~# cat /var/log/messages Mar 12 14:27:49 server kernel: md: md2 stopped. Mar 12 14:28:05 server kernel: md: md2 stopped. -snap- Maybe this information is useful. Regards Ronny - 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