On 1/4/06, Lorac Thelmwood <lorac.web@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md1: Invalid argument > > > I don't think it will start even whe the reconstruction is complete to > due to that bad superblock > > On 1/4/06, John Stoffel <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>>>> "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 > > > - 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
