On Friday May 16, andrew.henry@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Thanks a lot for the help. I'll try mdadm --stop as soon as syncing has > > finished (95% complete now!!!) > > > > Well, sync finished successfully. > > Mdadm --dtop /dev/md0 # OK > Mdadm --zero-superblock --force /dev/sda1 # OK > Mdadm --zero-superblock --force /dev/sdb1 # OK > > These return to prompt without any messages. If I then run them a second time they complain that the device is not part of an array. All well and good. > > Mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=raid1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sd[ab]1 # NOT OK. Complains "already an array" starts a new resync. I wasn't paying close attention to this thread, so maybe I missed something significant, but what exactly is the "complaint" you get here? > > Mdadm --stop /dev/md0 # stops resync :) > > What else is needed? Am I unable to recreate the array on md0? Must I choose a new device such as md1? Or is there another stop to erasing an array? Why do you feel a need to erase an array? 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
