On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Frank Baumgart <frank.baumgart@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Adding an internal bitmap to an existing array will not destroy any > data, correct? Yes, safe to do at any time (as long as it's not syncing, in which case it simply won't work). > Anyway I wonder why the array did not come up automatically as 2 out of > the 3 devices were still working and in sync. Good question! Hard to answer - it sure looks like it should have assembled the two good drives and had the third drive as stopped. -Dave -- 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