md: sdd1 has invalid sb, not importing! md: md_import_device returned -22 That is what I get for running dmesg | tail -20 Here is the relevant stanza from fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 1649.2 GB, 1649267441664 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 200512 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 200512 1610612608+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 1638.2 GB, 1638272335872 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 199175 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 199175 1599873156 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdc: 1212.4 GB, 1212459515904 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 147406 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 147406 1184038663+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdd: 1124.9 GB, 1124999233536 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 136773 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 1 136773 1098629091 83 Linux Disk /dev/sde: 1124.9 GB, 1124999233536 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 136773 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sde1 1 136773 1098629091 83 Linux On 8/21/07, Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday August 20, dattanchu@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I am currently running 2.6.22.1 kernel with mdadm version 2.6.2. > > That combination should work. > > > > > When I try to run > > mdadm --grow /dev/md2 --add /dev/sdd1 > > mdadm: Cannot add new disk to this array > > Odd. I tried add a drive to a three-drive linear array and it > worked, though my drives are somewhat smaller than yours - that > shouldn't matter though. > > Do you get any kernel messages at the time when you try to add? > dmesg | tail -20 > > NeilBrown > - 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
