On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Michael Evans <mjevans1983@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > $ perror 1 > OS error code 1: Operation not permitted > > Will it let you create that with another layout type? (such as near or > offset) or with another metadata container format (such as 1.1)? Yes, I understand error codes. However, I was still expecting an error *message*. With metadata=1.1, I get: mdadm: array /dev/md/3 started. (and exit code 0, of course) -- 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