Howdy all :-) I've a pc-test raid5 using mdadm 2.6.7.2-3 (debian stable) 3 sata disks with raid5 (1 spare disk) = total 3 disks Everything ok :-) For purpose tests while raid5 had active I disconnected 2 disks. Now I tried to assemble raid5 but I can't :-( mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 mdadm: /dev/md0 assembled from 1 drive and 2 spares - not enough to start the array because mdadm see 1 active device and 2 spare disks. Why? I need revert 1 spare device to active device but I don't understand how. What I will to do? For hours I looking for any solution but nothing.. Thanks Pol -- 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