On Sunday December 14, nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I added the DEVICE /dev/sd[bcde]1 to mdadm.conf and that apepars to have > fixed the problem. 2 reboots and it worked both times. An alternate fix in this case would be mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdb to remove the old superblock that is confusing things. NeilBrown -- 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