> > Version : 1.02 > > Creation Time : Sun Jul 12 20:44:02 2009 > > Raid Level : raid5 > > Array Size : 10255969024 (9780.85 GiB 10502.11 GB) > > Used Dev Size : 1465138432 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB) > > Raid Devices : 8 > > Total Devices : 9 > > Persistence : Superblock is persistent > > > > Intent Bitmap : Internal > > You'll probably need to remove the bitmap for --grow to work... I really > should fix that. OK. That's pretty minor. I'll do that. > > Update Time : Mon May 31 00:44:25 2010 > > State : active > > Active Devices : 8 > > Working Devices : 9 > > Failed Devices : 0 > > Spare Devices : 1 > > > > Layout : left-symmetric > > Chunk Size : 256K > > > > Name : Backup:0 (local to host Backup) > > UUID : 940ae4e4:04057ffc:5e92d2fb:63e3efb7 > > Events : 987130 > > > > Number Major Minor RaidDevice State > > 0 8 0 0 active sync /dev/sda > > 1 8 16 1 active sync /dev/sdb > > 2 8 32 2 active sync /dev/sdc > > 8 8 48 3 active sync /dev/sdd > > 4 8 64 4 active sync /dev/sde > > 5 8 80 5 active sync /dev/sdf > > 6 8 96 6 active sync /dev/sdg > > 7 8 112 7 active sync /dev/sdh > > > > 9 8 128 - spare /dev/sdi > > > > Backup:/tmp# mdadm -V >> temp > > mdadm - v3.0.3 - 22nd October 2009 > > I should have checked when you mention the mdadm version in the first > email. > You need at least 3.1.1 to convert RAID5 to RAID6. OK. 3.1.2-2 is in "Sid". I don't think it will give the system a heart attack if I scarf it from there. -- 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