On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Max Waterman <davidmaxwaterman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Someone else's post prompted me to try : > > $ sudo /sbin/mdadm --detail --scan > ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid5 num-devices=6 metadata=00.90 spares=2 > UUID=15bfec75:595ac793:0914f8ee:862effd8 > > and use that in mdadm.conf instead of the output of : > > ~$ sudo /sbin/mdadm --examine --scan > ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid5 num-devices=6 > UUID=15bfec75:595ac793:0914f8ee:862effd8 > spares=2 > > This fixes my problem of the second spare drive not being added. I'm not > sure why. > > However, mdadm now gives me a 'message' : > > mdadm: metadata format 00.90 unknown, ignored. > > What's this about? Anything to worry about? > Change it to metadata=0.90 instead of metadata=00.90 & it should work w/out the error message. It would probably be good if mdadm.conf and/or mdadm --detail --scan dropped leading zeros. Conway S. Smith -- 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
