hello, after reboot, md only binds to one mirror (/dev/hdb1). raid1: raid set md0 active with 1 out of 2 mirrors After adding /dev/hda1 manually 'mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/hda1', the raid seems to work well: isp:/var/log# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] md0 : active raid1 hda1[0] hdb1[1] 154191744 blocks [2/2] [UU] Any idea what I did wrong? Tia some system information: isp:/var/log# uname -r 2.6.17.8 isp:/var/log# mdadm -V mdadm - v1.9.0 - 04 February 2005 isp:/var/log# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 19196 154191838+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda2 19197 19457 2096482+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 19197 19388 1542208+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/hdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 19196 154191838+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hdb2 19197 19457 2096482+ 5 Extended /dev/hdb5 19197 19388 1542208+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/md0: 157.8 GB, 157892345856 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 38547936 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes # isp:/var/log# grep md messages Aug 23 22:16:07 isp kernel: Kernel command line: root=/dev/md0 md=0,/dev/hda1,/dev/hdb1 ro Aug 23 22:16:07 isp kernel: md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 Aug 23 22:16:07 isp kernel: md: bitmap version 4.39 Aug 23 22:16:07 isp kernel: md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 Aug 23 22:16:07 isp kernel: md: md0 stopped. Aug 23 22:16:07 isp kernel: md: bind<hdb1> Aug 23 22:16:07 isp kernel: raid1: raid set md0 active with 1 out of 2 mirrors Aug 23 22:16:07 isp kernel: EXT3 FS on md0, internal journal Aug 23 22:45:55 isp kernel: Kernel command line: root=/dev/md0 md=0,/dev/hda1,/dev/hdb1 ro Aug 23 22:45:55 isp kernel: md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 Aug 23 22:45:55 isp kernel: md: bitmap version 4.39 Aug 23 22:45:55 isp kernel: md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 Aug 23 22:45:55 isp kernel: md: md0 stopped. Aug 23 22:45:55 isp kernel: md: bind<hdb1> Aug 23 22:45:55 isp kernel: raid1: raid set md0 active with 1 out of 2 mirrors Aug 23 22:45:55 isp kernel: EXT3 FS on md0, internal journal <manually added /dev/hda1/> Aug 24 07:12:30 isp kernel: md: bind<hda1> Aug 24 07:12:30 isp kernel: md: syncing RAID array md0 Aug 24 07:12:30 isp kernel: md: minimum _guaranteed_ reconstruction speed: 1000 KB/sec/disc. Aug 24 07:12:30 isp kernel: md: using maximum available idle IO bandwidth (but not more than 200000 KB/sec) for reconstruction. Aug 24 07:12:30 isp kernel: md: using 128k window, over a total of 154191744 blocks. Aug 24 08:28:05 isp kernel: md: md0: sync done. Kind Regards Andreas Pelzner - 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