On 10/30/2010 07:56 AM, Jon Hardcastle wrote: > 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 I'd try: mdadm --assemble /dev/md4 /dev/sd{g,a,e}1 missing /dev/sd{d,b,f}1 HTH, Phil -- 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