David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The main issue is that the drive being replaced almost certainly has a bad > block. Then, the replacement is not pro-active ;) > This block could be recovered from the raid5 set but won't be. This is what 'check' and 'repair' operations (/sys/block/md*/md/sync_action) can be used for. regards Mario -- When Bruce Schneier uses double ROT13 encryption, the ciphertext is totally unbreakable. -- 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
