> > OS: > > Debian testing-amd64 > > If you are desperate then try debian stable. Or amd32, or both. stable might work, but only with a custom kernel - the stock one didn't like the Promise's much. Which would mean losing Debian's kernel updates and on headless machines I don't like hand-compiling kernels as those tend to refuse to boot without intervention. With stock kernels there is much less margin for user error. I have had no problems in the past setting up "new" boxes with testing and letting them "become stable" but maybe you're right and it's just broken right now. Still, the people with the most md-raid experience are here and I'd rather iron out all the issues before putting data anywhere. If there's no progress for a week I can still try stable. Just to avoid spamming the list by replying to each suggestion ... as long as I don't post "yay, it works now!" you can assume the problem's still there. Thanks, C. -- 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