On Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 11:08:43PM -0000, Steve Fairbairn wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have a Software RAID 5 device configured, but one of the drives
> failed. I removed the drive with the following command...
>
> mdadm /dev/md0 --remove /dev/hdc1
>
> Now, when I try to insert the replacement drive back in, I get the
> following...
>
> [root@space ~]# mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/hdc1
> mdadm: add new device failed for /dev/hdc1 as 5: Invalid argument
>
> [root@space mdadm-2.6.4]# dmesg | tail
> ...
> md: hdc1 has invalid sb, not importing!
> md: md_import_device returned -22
> md: hdc1 has invalid sb, not importing!
> md: md_import_device returned -22
>
I've had the same error message trying to add a drive into an array
myself - in my case I'm almost certain it's because the drive is
slightly smaller than the others in the array (the array's currently
growing so I haven't delved any further yet). Have you checked the
actual partition sizes? Particularly if it's a different type of drive
as drives from different manufacturers can vary by quite a large
amount.
Cheers,
Robin
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