Hi, I am using a 8 disc scsi raid5 array on a fedora 3 system. after a system crash, while the array was rebuilding a missing hd, i am now unable to get this array running again. thats all i get (/dev/sdr1 is not the one which was rebuild): # mdadm -R /dev/md4 mdadm: failed to run array /dev/md4: Invalid argument # mdadm -A /dev/md4 - v /dev/sdk1 /dev/sdl1 /dev/sdm1 /dev/sdn1 /dev/sdo1 /dev/sdp1 /dev/sdq1 /dev/sdr 1 looking for devices for /dev/md4 /dev/sdk1 is identified as a member of /dev/md4, slot 0. /dev/sdl1 is identified as a member of /dev/md4, slot 1. /dev/sdm1 is identified as a member of /dev/md4, slot 2. /dev/sdn1 is identified as a member of /dev/md4, slot 8. /dev/sdo1 is identified as a member of /dev/md4, slot 4. /dev/sdp1 is identified as a member of /dev/md4, slot 5. /dev/sdq1 is identified as a member of /dev/md4, slot 6. mdadm: superblock on /dev/sdr1 doesn't match others - assembly aborted # mdadm --examine /dev/sdk1 /dev/sdk1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.01 UUID : 232635af:1afe6aa5:e06f8828:99966325 Creation Time : Mon Jul 4 17:30:26 2005 Raid Level : raid5 Device Size : 195358336 (186.31 GiB 200.05 GB) Raid Devices : 8 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 4 Update Time : Tue Jan 24 00:04:48 2006 State : active Active Devices : 7 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : f3b7aef6 - correct Events : 0.986172 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 4K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 161 0 active sync /dev/sdk1 0 0 8 161 0 active sync /dev/sdk1 1 1 8 177 1 active sync /dev/sdl1 2 2 8 193 2 active sync /dev/sdm1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 225 4 active sync /dev/sdo1 5 5 8 241 5 active sync /dev/sdp1 6 6 65 1 6 active sync /dev/sdq1 7 7 65 17 7 active sync /dev/sdr1 # mdadm --examine /dev/sdr1 /dev/sdr1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.01 UUID : 232605af:1afe6aa5:e06f8828:99966325 Creation Time : Mon Jul 4 17:30:26 2005 Raid Level : raid5 Device Size : 195358336 (186.31 GiB 200.05 GB) Raid Devices : 8 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 4 Update Time : Tue Jan 24 00:05:03 2006 State : active Active Devices : 7 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : f3a87282 - correct Events : 0.986172 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 4K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 7 65 17 7 active sync /dev/sdr1 0 0 8 161 0 active sync /dev/sdk1 1 1 8 177 1 active sync /dev/sdl1 2 2 8 193 2 active sync /dev/sdm1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 225 4 active sync /dev/sdo1 5 5 8 241 5 active sync /dev/sdp1 6 6 65 1 6 active sync /dev/sdq1 7 7 65 17 7 active sync /dev/sdr1 # mdadm --version mdadm - v2.2 - 5 December 2005 Thx Thomas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through L&R NetCon webmail Client - 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