Another 32/64 bits issue, it seems. Running 2.6.18.1 x86-64 kernel and mdadm 2.5.3 (32 bit). # mdadm -G /dev/md1 --bitmap=internal mdadm: bitmaps not supported by this kernel. # mdadm -G /dev/md1 --bitmap=none mdadm: bitmaps not supported by this kernel. etc. Recompiling mdadm in 64bit mode eliminates the problem. So far, only bitmap manipulation is broken this way. I dunno if other things are broken too - at least --assemble, --create, --stop, --detail works. Thanks. /mjt - 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