>>>>> "Lorac" == Lorac Thelmwood <lorac.web@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Lorac> First I can't start the array because it complains about a bad Lorac> superblock. Have you tried forcing the start of the array with the --force flag? Something like this: mdadm -A --run /dev/md1 Please give the output of the command. Lorac> What's the output of 'cat /proc/mdstat' and 'mdadm >> --detail /dev/md?' where ? is the number of your raid 5 array? Lorac> debian:~# cat /proc/mdstat Lorac> Personalities : [raid1] [raid5] Lorac> md1 : inactive hdh1[4] hdc1[0] hdg1[3] hdf1[2] hde1[1] Lorac> 976791680 blocks This is the key info, the array is assembled, but it hasn't been started properly, probably because of the missing disk. Try the --run args as above and see what it does for you. See how it says 'inactive', this means you need to get it running first. Good luck, John - 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
