On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:30:52PM -0600, Maurice Hilarius wrote: > [root@box ~]# mdadm > --assemble /dev/md3 /dev/sdq1 /dev/sdr1 /dev/sds1 /dev/sdt1 /dev/sdu1 > /dev/sdv1 /dev/sdw1 /dev/sdx1 /dev/sdy1 /dev/sdz1 /dev/sdaa1 /dev/sdab1 > /dev/sdac1 /dev/sdad1 /dev/sdae1 /dev/sdaf1 > mdadm: superblock on /dev/sdw1 doesn't match others - assembly aborted Have you tried zeroing the superblock with mdadm --misc --zero-superblock /dev/sdw1 and then adding it in? > [root@box ~]# mount /dev/md3 /all/boxw16/ > /dev/md3: Invalid argument > mount: /dev/md3: can't read superblock Wow that looks messy. ummm. about the only thing I can think of is failing /dev/sdw1 and removing it (I know it says it's not there but...) Also, not biggest expert on raid around here. ;) -- "To the extent that we overreact, we proffer the terrorists the greatest tribute." - High Court Judge Michael Kirby - 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