> mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sda2.. yes , i am using raidstart for this. it should be the same. I am handling a big cluster with supermicro machines,each machine has its own 4 sata disks.I am using 2.6.6 kernel. Did you ever pulled out a disk from raid5 while the machine was running ? Just want to know before i dive into the raid code that it is realy a bug. On 11/14/05, Ross Vandegrift <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 09:27:25PM +0200, Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro) wrote: > > I have made the following test with my raid5: > > 1. created raid5 with 4 sata disks. > > 2. waited untill raid was fully initialized. > > 3. pulled a disk from the panel. > > 4. shut the system. > > 5. put back the disk. > > 6. turn on the system. > > > > The raid failed failed to recver. i got message from the md layer > > saying that it rejects the dirty disk. > > Anyone ? > > Did you re-add the disk to the array? > > # mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sda2 > > Of course, substitude your appropriate devices for the ones that I > randomly chose ::-) > > > -- > Ross Vandegrift > ross@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who > make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians > have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine > man in the bonds of Hell." > --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37 > -- Raz - 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