Neil Brown wrote: >> mdadm --assemble --force --run /dev/md1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdd1 >> >> Did work partially - >> > Hmm.. That really shouldn't have worked. The kernel should have > rejected the array... Did you notice: 2.6.8-3-686 mdadm - v1.9.0 - 04 February 2005 I don't really recall the history of md and mdadm but I'd suggest trying to repair in a modern recovery/live-CD environment. David -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..." -- 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