I'm having problems with an array that I just created. It's a raid level 5 with 4 devices using all of the default settings. I'm using the version of mdadm that's included in ubuntu 9.10 repositories. When I reboot the machine, /proc/mdstat shows this: md_d0 : inactive sdc[2](S) I can stop the device, and attempt the --assemble the array correctly, but something still is wrong: $ sudo mdadm --stop /dev/md_d0 mdadm: stopped /dev/md_d0 $ sudo mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 -fv /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md0 mdadm: /dev/sda is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sdb is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/sdc is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 2. mdadm: /dev/sdd is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 3. mdadm: added /dev/sdb to /dev/md0 as 1 mdadm: added /dev/sdc to /dev/md0 as 2 mdadm: added /dev/sdd to /dev/md0 as 3 mdadm: added /dev/sda to /dev/md0 as 0 mdadm: /dev/md0 has been started with 3 drives (out of 4). $ sudo cat /proc/mdstat md0: active raid5 sda[0] sdc[2] sdb[1] 2930287488 blocks level 5, 128k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/3] [UUU_] md_d0: inactive sdd[3](S) 976762496 blocks Why, if it correctly identifies the devices that are members of /dev/md0, and then adds them to /dev/md0, do I not get the complete array? -- Stephan E Stachurski -- 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
