I created a raid1 array using /dev/disk/by-id with (2) 250GB USB 2.0 Drives. It was working for about 2 minutes until I tried to copy a directory tree from one drive to the array and then cancelled it midstream. After cancelling the copy, when I list the contents of the directory it doesn't show anything there. When I try to create a file, I get the following error msg: [root@app1 ~]# cd /mnt/usb250 [root@app1 usb250]# ls lost+found [root@app1 usb250]# touch test.txt touch: cannot touch `test.txt': Read-only file system [root@app1 usb250]# even though when I show the mounts, it displays: [root@app1 ~]# mount -l /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/md0 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol02 on /home type ext3 (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol01 on /tmp type ext3 (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol03 on /usr type ext3 (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol04 on /var type ext3 (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) automount(pid2195) on /net type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=2195,minproto=2,maxproto=4) /dev/md3 on /mnt/usb250 type ext3 (rw) Here's my mdadm.conf file, and the details on the array. Does anyone have any thoughts on why this is acting this way? I'm stumped. Thanks, Brian /etc/mdadm.conf DEVICE partitions /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST325082_3A_000DCC /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST3 25082_3A_001A41 MAILADDR root ARRAY /dev/md3 level=raid1 num-devices=2 devices=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST325082_3A _000DCC,/dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST325082_3A_001A41 ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2 uuid=a94ec909:c3c5386b:5e8b311e:6eea3fb 4 ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 uuid=11118406:0792eb6b:aa28aac9:6217b69 5 ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 uuid=0e5beeb3:49ffc108:4b09e081:5966b20 c [root@app1 ~]# mdadm --detail /dev/md3 /dev/md3: Version : 00.90.03 Creation Time : Wed Jul 5 06:28:18 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 244198464 (232.89 GiB 250.06 GB) Device Size : 244198464 (232.89 GiB 250.06 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 3 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Jul 6 09:07:44 2006 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 UUID : ff7d7a3c:a458efba:16a174b4:bd4b002e Events : 0.70 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 48 0 active sync /dev/sdd 1 8 64 1 active sync /dev/sde [root@app1 ~]# [root@app1 ~]# more /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] md3 : active raid1 sdd[0] sde[1] 244198464 blocks [2/2] [UU] md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] 200704 blocks [2/2] [UU] md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0] 2096384 blocks [2/2] [UU] md2 : active raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0] 75826688 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> - 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