> > > What type of filesystem is it? > > > > > > Try "mount -v /dev/md1 /" > > > > It doesn't matter what switches I try, it always gives me that > > error. The md1 array (/boot) is ext2, and the md2 array (/) is ext3. > > Is mdadm actually assembling the arrays? It says it is. I was able to resync /dev/md3, and I can get the details on all three arrays from mdadm. If it weren't assembling them, then it should return an error when I query for details. > what's the output of: "cat /proc/mdstat" /dev # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md3 : active raid1 hda3[2] hdb3[1] 204796548 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 0/196 pages [0KB], 512KB chunk md2 : active raid1 hda2[2] hdb2[1] 277442414 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 0/265 pages [0KB], 512KB chunk md1 : active raid1 hda1[2] hdb1[1] 6144816 blocks super 1.0 [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 0/6 pages [0KB], 512KB chunk unused devices: <none> Note that last response is untrue. There are 8 drives belonging to a RAID5 array that is not assembled. I presume, however, it is basing that response on the (nonexistent) mdadm.conf file. -- 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