Am 11.08.2010 09:57, schrieb Neil Brown: > This means that /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf says /dev/md2 has more spare devices > than it currently has. What is in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf root@MCI03:~# egrep -v '^#|^$' /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf DEVICE partitions CREATE owner=root group=disk mode=0660 auto=yes HOMEHOST <system> ARRAY /dev/md0 UUID=304f5f2a:fbc8082b:54307b3d:1949437b spares=1 ARRAY /dev/md1 UUID=b263f9c1:5c680152:54307b3d:1949437b spares=1 ARRAY /dev/md2 UUID=7aa24776:9d6e8d24:54307b3d:1949437b spares=2 MAILADDR foo@xxxxxxx > What do you get if you run > > mdadm --examine --scan --verbose root@MCI03:~# mdadm --examine --scan --verbose ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=304f5f2a:fbc8082b:54307b3d:1949437b spares=1 devices=/dev/sdc1,/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=b263f9c1:5c680152:54307b3d:1949437b spares=1 devices=/dev/sdc2,/dev/sdb2,/dev/sda2 ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=7aa24776:9d6e8d24:54307b3d:1949437b spares=2 devices=/dev/sdc3,/dev/sdc,/dev/sdb3,/dev/sdb,/dev/sda3,/dev/sda Hm, md2 contains devices. How is that? Tobi -- 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