Guys, a new HDD has failed on me during a scrub.... i tried to remove/fail it but it kept saying the device was busy. so i forced a reboot. I have physically disconnected the drive.. can anyone take alook at the examine below and tell me if it is should assemble ok? I tried mdadm --assemble /dev/md4 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1 /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdg1 is that the correct command as it won't assemble and when i --force it still is right. hlep! --- examine starts /dev/sda1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 7438efd1:9e6ca2b5:d6b88274:7003b1d3 Creation Time : Thu Oct 11 00:01:49 2007 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 732571904 (698.64 GiB 750.15 GB) Array Size : 3662859520 (3493.18 GiB 3750.77 GB) Raid Devices : 7 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 4 Update Time : Sat Oct 30 05:10:12 2010 State : active Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : c22df0a0 - correct Events : 1882828 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 0 0 8 97 0 active sync /dev/sdg1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 49 4 active sync /dev/sdd1 5 5 8 17 5 active sync /dev/sdb1 6 6 8 81 6 active sync /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 7438efd1:9e6ca2b5:d6b88274:7003b1d3 Creation Time : Thu Oct 11 00:01:49 2007 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 732571904 (698.64 GiB 750.15 GB) Array Size : 3662859520 (3493.18 GiB 3750.77 GB) Raid Devices : 7 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 4 Update Time : Sat Oct 30 05:10:12 2010 State : active Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : c22df0b8 - correct Events : 1882828 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 5 8 17 5 active sync /dev/sdb1 0 0 8 97 0 active sync /dev/sdg1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 49 4 active sync /dev/sdd1 5 5 8 17 5 active sync /dev/sdb1 6 6 8 81 6 active sync /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 7438efd1:9e6ca2b5:d6b88274:7003b1d3 Creation Time : Thu Oct 11 00:01:49 2007 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 732571904 (698.64 GiB 750.15 GB) Array Size : 3662859520 (3493.18 GiB 3750.77 GB) Raid Devices : 7 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 4 Update Time : Sat Oct 30 05:10:12 2010 State : active Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : c22df0d6 - correct Events : 1882828 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 4 8 49 4 active sync /dev/sdd1 0 0 8 97 0 active sync /dev/sdg1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 49 4 active sync /dev/sdd1 5 5 8 17 5 active sync /dev/sdb1 6 6 8 81 6 active sync /dev/sdf1 /dev/sde1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 7438efd1:9e6ca2b5:d6b88274:7003b1d3 Creation Time : Thu Oct 11 00:01:49 2007 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 732571904 (698.64 GiB 750.15 GB) Array Size : 3662859520 (3493.18 GiB 3750.77 GB) Raid Devices : 7 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 4 Update Time : Sat Oct 30 05:10:12 2010 State : active Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : c22df0e2 - correct Events : 1882828 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 0 0 8 97 0 active sync /dev/sdg1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 49 4 active sync /dev/sdd1 5 5 8 17 5 active sync /dev/sdb1 6 6 8 81 6 active sync /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdf1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 7438efd1:9e6ca2b5:d6b88274:7003b1d3 Creation Time : Thu Oct 11 00:01:49 2007 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 732571904 (698.64 GiB 750.15 GB) Array Size : 3662859520 (3493.18 GiB 3750.77 GB) Raid Devices : 7 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 4 Update Time : Sat Oct 30 05:10:12 2010 State : active Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : c22df0fa - correct Events : 1882828 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 6 8 81 6 active sync /dev/sdf1 0 0 8 97 0 active sync /dev/sdg1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 49 4 active sync /dev/sdd1 5 5 8 17 5 active sync /dev/sdb1 6 6 8 81 6 active sync /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdg1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 7438efd1:9e6ca2b5:d6b88274:7003b1d3 Creation Time : Thu Oct 11 00:01:49 2007 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 732571904 (698.64 GiB 750.15 GB) Array Size : 3662859520 (3493.18 GiB 3750.77 GB) Raid Devices : 7 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 4 Update Time : Sat Oct 30 05:10:12 2010 State : active Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : c22df0fe - correct Events : 1882828 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 97 0 active sync /dev/sdg1 0 0 8 97 0 active sync /dev/sdg1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 49 4 active sync /dev/sdd1 5 5 8 17 5 active sync /dev/sdb1 6 6 8 81 6 active sync /dev/sdf1 -- 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