On 15:37, Dave Moon wrote: > 1. If mdadm encounters a bit error during a RAID 6 rebuild, will it > just give up on that particular file and move on to recover other data > on the array? Or will it trash the entire array? The kernel will stop the array and give up. > 2. Is it possible to cheat mdadm by somehow replacing the new "raid > metadata" on the 6 drives with the old data on the 2 drives? Will it > make mdadm think the array is clean, consistent and nothing ever > happened? > Please do note that I did not write ANY new data onto the RAID 6 array > from the time it was degraded until the time I brought it down with (-- > stop). Use --force, Luke. Man mdadm(8): -f, --force Assemble the array even if some superblocks appear out-of-date Andre -- The only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe
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