i fail disk with mdadm, remove the from computer, insert again add disk to md array, and continue using 2011/2/23 John Robinson <john.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 23/02/2011 08:27, Simon McNair wrote: >> >> thanks Jeff. It just seems like a hit and miss solution (no way of >> knowing all data has been written to and that the device has been >> unmounted from all filesystems). I kinda expected some kind of 'it is >> safe to remove /dev/sdb' in dmesg. > > I think `eject /dev/sdb` will do what you want - if it's safe to pull, it'll > exit immediately and silently, but if it or any of its partitions are still > associated with any filesystem or md device, and the drive can't safely be > ejected/unplugged, it'll complain. > > Cheers, > > John. > > -- > 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 > -- Roberto Spadim Spadim Technology / SPAEmpresarial -- 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