More info: according to /dev/mdstat (and /var/log/messages) the rebuild is complete: md10 : active raid1 sda[0] nbd0[1] 78123968 blocks [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 0/150 pages [0KB], 256KB chunk and --detail: /dev/md10: Version : 00.90.03 Creation Time : Fri Dec 5 07:44:41 2008 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 78123968 (74.50 GiB 80.00 GB) Used Dev Size : 78123968 (74.50 GiB 80.00 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 10 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Intent Bitmap : Internal Update Time : Fri Dec 5 20:40:32 2008 State : active Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 UUID : 542a0986:dd465da6:b224af07:ed28e4e5 Events : 0.554 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 0 0 active sync /dev/sda 1 43 0 1 active sync /dev/nbd0 however, --examine-bitmap disagrees: Filename : /dev/sda Magic : 6d746962 Version : 4 UUID : 542a0986:dd465da6:b224af07:ed28e4e5 Events : 554 Events Cleared : 554 State : OK Chunksize : 256 KB Daemon : 5s flush period Write Mode : Allow write behind, max 256 Sync Size : 78123968 (74.50 GiB 80.00 GB) Bitmap : 305172 bits (chunks), 274452 dirty (89.9%) The bitmap numbers *DID NOT CHANGE* throughout the entire rebuild process, and when it was complete, changed to what you see above. The rebuild completed a few minutes prior to the --examine-bitmap. Something is very funky. If I --grow --bitmap=none, --grow --bitmap=internal then things look OK after maybe 10-15 seconds. Of course, when this is complete the --fail --remove and --re-add work as expected on /dev/sda. -- Jon -- 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