Regarding an earlier issue, I've also found that mdadm (v3.0 - 2nd June 2009, openSUSE 11.1) doesn't wait if a recovery is in progress if the recovery proceeds beyond 100% (due to a kernel bug). turnip:~ # mdadm --wait /dev/md1 turnip:~ # echo $? 1 turnip:~ # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] [raid0] [raid1] md1 : active raid1 sdf[2](W) md2[0] 72612920 blocks super 1.1 [2/1] [U_] [=========================>] recovery =125.7% (45641024/36306460) finish=5320721999329.4min speed=28890K/sec bitmap: 29/139 pages [116KB], 256KB chunk md2 : active raid1 nbd0[2](W) sde[0] 72612988 blocks super 1.1 [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 1/139 pages [4KB], 256KB chunk md0 : active raid6 sda4[0] sdc4[5] sdd4[4] sdb4[1] 613409536 blocks super 1.1 level 6, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU] unused devices: <none> turnip:~ # -- Jon -- 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