On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:32:30 +0530 <senthilkumar.muthukalai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Neil, > > I applied the patch but the disk is getting added as a spare. > Pls guide me here. > While I would like to help, it is hard to justify spending much time getting something working on an old kernel. Maybe you should try to resolve whatever issues are keeping you from upgrading to a newer kernel. At the very least, you would need to provide me with a lot more information about what if happening. Exactly what patch you applies, exactly what command you run, exactly what the output is, exactly what kernel messages you get, and exactly what the content of "/proc/mdstat" is both before and after. Even with that I cannot promise anything. NeilBrown -- 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