> -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Brown [mailto:neilb@xxxxxxx] > Sent: 20 January 2008 20:37 > > > md: hdd1 has invalid sb, not importing! > > md: md_import_device returned -22 > > In 2.6.18, the only thing that can return this message > without other more explanatory messages are: > > 2/ If the device appears to be too small. > > Maybe it is the later, though that seems unlikely. > [root@space ~]# mdadm /dev/md0 --verbose --add /dev/hdd1 mdadm: added /dev/hdd1 HUGE thanks to Neil, and one white gold plated donkey award to me. OK. When I created /dev/md1 after creating /dev/md0, I was using a mishmash of disks I had lying around. As this selection of disks used differing block sizes, I chose to create the raid partitions from the first block, to a set size (+250G). When I reinstalled the disk for going into /dev/md0, I partitioned the disk the same way (+500G), which it turns out isn't how I created the partitions when I created that array. So the device I was trying to add was about 22 blocks too small. Taking Neils suggestion and looking at /proc/partitions showed this up incredibly quickly. My sincere apologies for wasting all your time on a stupid error, and again many many thanks for the solution... md0 : active raid5 hdd1[5] sdd1[4] sdc1[2] sdb1[1] sda1[0] 1953535744 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [5/4] [UUU_U] [>....................] recovery = 0.9% (4430220/488383936) finish=1110.8min speed=7259K/sec Steve. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1233 - Release Date: 19/01/2008 18:37 - 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
