Sorry, I should have added that the array was created with mdadm from Debian Etch (mdadm-2.5.6-9 it appears). I'm currently using Debian Lenny's mdadm-2.6.7.2-1 thanks Mark -- 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