On Friday December 2, erich.newell@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Which generates errors when I try and copy off large amounts of data: > About ten of these: > ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x25/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0x4/00/00 > ata1: status=0x25 { DeviceFault CorrectedError Error } > SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x8000002 > sda: Current: sense key: Hardware Error > Additional sense: No additional sense information > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 489794513 Sounds like there is something badly wrong with your hardware. I've no idea what though ... maybe a bad cable?? > > Should I do this: > > fsck -n -c /dev/md0 > > mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 > > mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sdb3 The ordering looks wrong (you cannot fsck before you assemble) , but it is probably your best bet (assume you don't have ongoing hardware errors). > > or this: > > mdadm -c /dev/md0 -l 5 -n 4 -x 0 -f /dev/sdd3 /dev/sdc3 > /dev/sdb3 /dev/sda3 > > mdadm -S /dev/md0 > > mdadm --assemble --update=resync /dev/md0 You mean '-C', not '-c', and the last two steps are pointless after the first. But your first option is probably best, not that there is liekly to be a big difference in the result. > > or ??? > > If anyone has this knowledge, please share. I'm in over my head on this one. > > Thanks in advance! > > P.S. I am currently running a non-distructive badblock check while I > wait for expert advice: That's a good idea. I would do that on all the devices... in parallel. NeilBrown - 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