Alex, On Thursday, 4. March 2010 13:37:54 you wrote: > Yes I am using LVM. I'm not entirely sure how to go about messing > with the mounting as you describe, I've never had to do it. Is this > with the mount command? I do keep getting an error from lvm, > "incorrect metadata area header checksum", with both chunk=64 and > chunk=256 during the recreate. Try to create a raw copy of those discs if your budget allows it before you start fooling around. That way you won't damage the real array any further and you can "experiment". Your data should be worth it. Cheers, Thomas -- 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