Hi, I have an md0 device that looks like this: # ./mdadm -D /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 00.90.01 Creation Time : Fri Jun 17 17:17:14 2005 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 104320 (101.88 MiB 106.82 MB) Device Size : 104320 (101.88 MiB 106.82 MB) Raid Devices : 1 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 0 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Oct 13 19:55:44 2005 State : active Active Devices : 1 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 1 UUID : b14b31de:655cdb2c:07606b49:92d6caf2 Events : 0.60 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 3 1 0 active sync /dev/hda1 1 3 65 1 spare /dev/hdb1 I want to make the spare device active. I'm using: ./mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-disks=2 I'm using mdadm 1.9.0 (compiled from source). Kernel is 2.4.21-15.0.3.EL. Am I using the proper command line options? Will I need a 2.6 kernel? Any help much appreciated. Regards, Carl - 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