On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 09:07:53AM +1030, Kevin Shanahan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 08:55:22AM +1030, Kevin Shanahan wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 09:15:17AM +1100, Neil Brown wrote: > > > On Tuesday December 16, kmshanah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > hermes:~# mdadm -A /dev/md5 /dev/sd[cefghijk]1 > > > > mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md5: Input/output error > > > > > > Try adding --force to over-ride apparent errors, and --verbose to help > > > you see what is happening. > > > > Hrm, force doesn't seem to help. Here's the verbose output: > > > > hermes:~# mdadm -A --force --verbose /dev/md5 /dev/sd[cefghijk]1 > > mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md5 > > mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 8. > > mdadm: /dev/sde1 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 0. > > mdadm: /dev/sdf1 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 1. > > mdadm: /dev/sdg1 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 2. > > mdadm: /dev/sdh1 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 6. > > mdadm: /dev/sdi1 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 5. > > mdadm: /dev/sdj1 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 4. > > mdadm: /dev/sdk1 is identified as a member of /dev/md5, slot 3. > > mdadm: added /dev/sdf1 to /dev/md5 as 1 > > mdadm: added /dev/sdg1 to /dev/md5 as 2 > > mdadm: added /dev/sdk1 to /dev/md5 as 3 > > mdadm: added /dev/sdj1 to /dev/md5 as 4 > > mdadm: added /dev/sdi1 to /dev/md5 as 5 > > mdadm: added /dev/sdh1 to /dev/md5 as 6 > > mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 7 of /dev/md5 > > mdadm: added /dev/sdc1 to /dev/md5 as 8 > > mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 9 of /dev/md5 > > mdadm: added /dev/sde1 to /dev/md5 as 0 > > mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md5: Input/output error > > Oh, and here's what gets added to dmesg after running that command: > > md: bind<sdf1> > md: bind<sdg1> > md: bind<sdk1> > md: bind<sdj1> > md: bind<sdi1> > md: bind<sdh1> > md: bind<sdc1> > md: bind<sde1> > md: md5: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction > raid5: device sde1 operational as raid disk 0 > raid5: device sdc1 operational as raid disk 8 > raid5: device sdh1 operational as raid disk 6 > raid5: device sdi1 operational as raid disk 5 > raid5: device sdj1 operational as raid disk 4 > raid5: device sdk1 operational as raid disk 3 > raid5: device sdg1 operational as raid disk 2 > raid5: device sdf1 operational as raid disk 1 > raid5: cannot start dirty degraded array for md5 > RAID5 conf printout: > --- rd:10 wd:8 > disk 0, o:1, dev:sde1 > disk 1, o:1, dev:sdf1 > disk 2, o:1, dev:sdg1 > disk 3, o:1, dev:sdk1 > disk 4, o:1, dev:sdj1 > disk 5, o:1, dev:sdi1 > disk 6, o:1, dev:sdh1 > disk 8, o:1, dev:sdc1 > raid5: failed to run raid set md5 > md: pers->run() failed ... > > This is run on Linux 2.6.26.9, mdadm 2.6.7.1 (Debian) Gah, that's 2.6.27.9. Sorry. > Cheers, > Kevin. -- 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