We'll here's the rest of the info I should have sent in the last email: root@recoil:/home/illsci# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [multipath] [raid1] md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] 974808064 blocks [2/1] [_U] md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] 1951744 blocks [2/1] [U_] unused devices: <none> root@recoil:/home/illsci# dmesg | grep sdb sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953523055 512-byte hardware sectors (1000204 MB) sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953523055 512-byte hardware sectors (1000204 MB) sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk md: bind<sdb1> md: kicking non-fresh sdb1 from array! md: unbind<sdb1> md: export_rdev(sdb1) md: bind<sdb2> root@recoil:/home/illsci# dmesg | grep sda sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1953523055 512-byte hardware sectors (1000204 MB) sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1953523055 512-byte hardware sectors (1000204 MB) sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sda: sda1 sda2 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk md: bind<sda1> md: bind<sda2> md: kicking non-fresh sda2 from array! md: unbind<sda2> md: export_rdev(sda2) root@recoil:/home/illsci# smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl version 5.36 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Device: ATA Hitachi HDS72101 Version: GKAO Serial number: GTJ000PAG2HZUC Device type: disk Local Time is: Wed Dec 19 14:13:47 2007 EST Device does not support SMART Error Counter logging not supported [GLTSD (Global Logging Target Save Disable) set. Enable Save with '-S on'] Device does not support Self Test logging root@recoil:/home/illsci# smartctl -a /dev/sdb smartctl version 5.36 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Device: ATA Hitachi HDS72101 Version: GKAO Serial number: GTJ000PAG2K43C Device type: disk Local Time is: Wed Dec 19 14:13:49 2007 EST Device does not support SMART Error Counter logging not supported [GLTSD (Global Logging Target Save Disable) set. Enable Save with '-S on'] Device does not support Self Test logging On Dec 19, 2007 2:16 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jon Sabo wrote: > > So I was trying to copy over some Indiana Jones wav files and it > > wasn't going my way. I noticed that my software raid device showed: > > > > /dev/md1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > > > > Is this saying that it was remounted, read only because it found a > > problem with the md1 meta device? That's what it looks like it's > > saying but I can still write to /. > > > > mdadm --detail showed: > > > > root@recoil:/home/illsci# mdadm --detail /dev/md0 > > /dev/md0: > > Version : 00.90.03 > > Creation Time : Mon Jul 30 21:47:14 2007 > > Raid Level : raid1 > > Array Size : 1951744 ( 1906.32 MiB 1998.59 MB) > > Device Size : 1951744 (1906.32 MiB 1998.59 MB) > > Raid Devices : 2 > > Total Devices : 1 > > Preferred Minor : 0 > > Persistence : Superblock is persistent > > > > Update Time : Wed Dec 19 12:59:56 2007 > > State : clean, degraded > > Active Devices : 1 > > Working Devices : 1 > > Failed Devices : 0 > > Spare Devices : 0 > > > > UUID : 157f716c:0e7aebca:c20741f6 > > :bb6099c9 > > Events : 0.28 > > > > Number Major Minor RaidDevice State > > 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 > > 1 0 0 1 removed > > > > root@recoil:/home/illsci# mdadm --detail /dev/md1 > > /dev/md1: > > Version : 00.90.03 > > Creation Time : Mon Jul 30 21:47:47 2007 > > Raid Level : raid1 > > Array Size : 974808064 (929.65 GiB 998.20 GB) > > Device Size : 974808064 (929.65 GiB 998.20 GB) > > Raid Devices : 2 > > Total Devices : 1 > > Preferred Minor : 1 > > Persistence : Superblock is persistent > > > > Update Time : Wed Dec 19 13:14:53 2007 > > State : clean, degraded > > Active Devices : 1 > > Working Devices : 1 > > Failed Devices : 0 > > Spare Devices : 0 > > > > UUID : 156a030e:9a6f8eb3:9b0c439e:d718e744 > > Events : 0.1990 > > > > Number Major Minor RaidDevice State > > 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2 > > 1 0 0 1 removed > > > > > > I have two 1 terabyte sata drives in this box. From what I was > > reading wouldn't it show an F for the failed drive? I thought I would > > see that /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2 were failed and it would show an F. > > What is this saying and how do you know that its /dev/sdb and not some > > other drive? It shows removed and that the state is clean, degraded. > > Is that something you can recover from with out returning this disk > > and putting in a new one to add to the raid1 array? > > > > You can try adding the partitions back to your array, but I suspect > something bad has happened to your sdb drive, since it's failed out of > both arrays. You can use dmesg to look for any additional information. > > Justin gave you the rest of the info you need to investigate, I'll not > repeat it. ;-) > > -- > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> > "Woe unto the statesman who makes war without a reason that will still > be valid when the war is over..." Otto von Bismark > > > - 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