Luca Berra wrote: > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:30:52PM -0600, Maurice Hilarius wrote: >> [root@box ~]# mdadm /dev/md3 -a /dev/sdw1 >> >> But, I get this error message: >> mdadm: hot add failed for /dev/sdw1: No such device >> >> What? We just made the partition on sdw a moment ago in fdisk. It IS >> there! > > I don't believe you, prove it (/proc/partitions) > > I understand. Here we go then. Devices in question bracketed with "**": [root@box ~]# cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 3 0 117220824 hda 3 1 104391 hda1 3 2 2008125 hda2 3 3 115105725 hda3 3 64 117220824 hdb 3 65 104391 hdb1 3 66 2008125 hdb2 3 67 115105725 hdb3 8 0 390711384 sda 8 1 390708801 sda1 8 16 390711384 sdb 8 17 390708801 sdb1 8 32 390711384 sdc 8 33 390708801 sdc1 8 48 390711384 sdd 8 49 390708801 sdd1 8 64 390711384 sde 8 65 390708801 sde1 8 80 390711384 sdf 8 81 390708801 sdf1 8 96 390711384 sdg 8 97 390708801 sdg1 8 112 390711384 sdh 8 113 390708801 sdh1 8 128 390711384 sdi 8 129 390708801 sdi1 8 144 390711384 sdj 8 145 390708801 sdj1 8 160 390711384 sdk 8 161 390708801 sdk1 8 176 390711384 sdl 8 177 390708801 sdl1 8 192 390711384 sdm 8 193 390708801 sdm1 8 208 390711384 sdn 8 209 390708801 sdn1 8 224 390711384 sdo 8 225 390708801 sdo1 8 240 390711384 sdp 8 241 390708801 sdp1 65 0 390711384 sdq 65 1 390708801 sdq1 65 16 390711384 sdr 65 17 390708801 sdr1 65 32 390711384 sds 65 33 390708801 sds1 65 48 390711384 sdt 65 49 390708801 sdt1 65 64 390711384 sdu 65 65 390708801 sdu1 65 80 390711384 sdv 65 81 390708801 sdv1 ** 65 96 390711384 sdw 65 97 390708801 sdw1 ** 65 112 390711384 sdx 65 113 390708801 sdx1 65 128 390711384 sdy 65 129 390708801 sdy1 65 144 390711384 sdz 65 145 390708801 sdz1 65 160 390711384 sdaa 65 161 390708801 sdaa1 65 176 390711384 sdab 65 177 390708801 sdab1 65 192 390711384 sdac 65 193 390708801 sdac1 65 208 390711384 sdad 65 209 390708801 sdad1 65 224 390711384 sdae 65 225 390708801 sdae1 65 240 390711384 sdaf 65 241 390708801 sdaf1 ** 9 0 104320 md0 ** 9 2 5860631040 md2 9 1 115105600 md1 -- Regards, Maurice - 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