2010/8/17 Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Joris wrote: > >> Various people suggest wiping the superblocks and re-creating the >> array. Is this the best option? > Do not do this, since you were reshaping it'll break "everything". Phew. Dodged a bullet there - thanks! > You didn't provide what version of kernel and mdadm you were using, I > suggest trying with 3.1.2 or newer at least, 3.1.3 preferrably. I'm running mdadm 2.6.7.1 on 2.6.32 (Ubuntu lucid during recovery) - and the array was used before with 2.6.7.2-3 on 2.6.26 (Debian Stable); all 64 bit. I'll start by getting the recommended version, then try to re-assemble? Regards, Joris -- 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