Hi, > Ok, please run this for each disk in the array: > > mdadm --examine /dev/(DEVICE) > > The output would be most readable if you did each array's devices in > order, and you can list them on the same command (- - examine takes > multiple inputs) > > If you still think the situation isn't as I described above, post the results. Well, here it is: $> mdadm -E /dev/sd[ab]2 /dev/sda2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.1 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : 54db81a7:b47e9253:7291055e:4953c163 Name : lvm Creation Time : Fri Feb 6 20:17:13 2009 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 2 Avail Dev Size : 624928236 (297.99 GiB 319.96 GB) Array Size : 624928000 (297.99 GiB 319.96 GB) Used Dev Size : 624928000 (297.99 GiB 319.96 GB) Data Offset : 264 sectors Super Offset : 0 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 8f6cd2c4:0efc8286:09ec91c6:bc5014bf Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Sat Feb 27 10:08:22 2010 Checksum : 1703ded0 - correct Events : 161646 Layout : far=2 Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : spare Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdb2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.1 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : 54db81a7:b47e9253:7291055e:4953c163 Name : lvm Creation Time : Fri Feb 6 20:17:13 2009 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 2 Avail Dev Size : 624928236 (297.99 GiB 319.96 GB) Array Size : 624928000 (297.99 GiB 319.96 GB) Used Dev Size : 624928000 (297.99 GiB 319.96 GB) Data Offset : 264 sectors Super Offset : 0 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 6e2763b5:9415b181:e41a9964:b0c21ca6 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Sat Feb 27 10:08:22 2010 Checksum : 87d25401 - correct Events : 161646 Layout : far=2 Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 0 Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) And the details too: $> mdadm -D /dev/md1 /dev/md1: Version : 1.1 Creation Time : Fri Feb 6 20:17:13 2009 Raid Level : raid10 Array Size : 312464000 (297.99 GiB 319.96 GB) Used Dev Size : 312464000 (297.99 GiB 319.96 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Intent Bitmap : Internal Update Time : Sat Feb 27 10:09:24 2010 State : active Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Layout : far=2 Chunk Size : 64K Name : lvm UUID : 54db81a7:b47e9253:7291055e:4953c163 Events : 161646 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 18 0 active sync /dev/sdb2 2 8 2 1 active sync /dev/sda2 bye, -- piergiorgio -- 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