cp /dev/md0 /dev/null And then look at which drive's light isn't on. -----Original Message----- From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Scobie Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:36 PM To: Dexter Filmore Cc: Linux RAID Mailing List Subject: Re: diskspotting (how to tell the dead one?) Dexter Filmore wrote: > Assuming one has 6 disks on two controllers and one dies, how does one tell > the dead one? Which controller/port? There are probably more elegant ways, but I use smartctl -a on the failed drive to find it's serial number and use this to find the location based on where I installed the drives initially, which I note in a text file or a label attached to the exterior of the case on machines with removable drive trays. Regards, Richard -- 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 -- 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
