On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 8:12 PM, John Robinson <john.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: .. > That was the letter v twice, not the letter w - and I didn't mean you to > specify any devices, just `mdadm -Esvv` on its own. Oops! sorry. Here you go (sdd is my USB thumb drive): mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdd1. mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdd. mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdc. mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdb. /dev/sdc2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : ddf4d448:36afa319:f0917855:03f8bbe8 Creation Time : Mon May 15 16:38:05 2006 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 244975104 (233.63 GiB 250.85 GB) Array Size : 734925312 (700.88 GiB 752.56 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 3 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Mon Apr 18 07:48:54 2011 State : clean Active Devices : 3 Working Devices : 3 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 5674ce4e - correct Events : 28580020 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 256K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2 0 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2 1 1 8 18 1 active sync /dev/sdb2 2 2 8 34 2 active sync /dev/sdc2 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 79435baa:74a2b2c3:68d7e34f:d95ad478 Creation Time : Mon May 15 16:38:08 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 136448 (133.27 MiB 139.72 MB) Array Size : 136448 (133.27 MiB 139.72 MB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 4 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Mon Apr 18 07:36:56 2011 State : clean Active Devices : 4 Working Devices : 4 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 6b5ae9fa - correct Events : 4878 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 /dev/sdb2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : ddf4d448:36afa319:f0917855:03f8bbe8 Creation Time : Mon May 15 16:38:05 2006 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 244975104 (233.63 GiB 250.85 GB) Array Size : 734925312 (700.88 GiB 752.56 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 3 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Mon Apr 18 07:48:51 2011 State : clean Active Devices : 3 Working Devices : 3 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 5674ce6b - correct Events : 28580018 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 256K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 34 2 active sync /dev/sdc2 0 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2 1 1 8 18 1 active sync /dev/sdb2 2 2 8 34 2 active sync /dev/sdc2 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 79435baa:74a2b2c3:68d7e34f:d95ad478 Creation Time : Mon May 15 16:38:08 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 136448 (133.27 MiB 139.72 MB) Array Size : 136448 (133.27 MiB 139.72 MB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 4 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Mon Apr 18 07:36:56 2011 State : clean Active Devices : 4 Working Devices : 4 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 6b5aea1e - correct Events : 4878 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 /dev/sda2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : ddf4d448:36afa319:f0917855:03f8bbe8 Creation Time : Mon May 15 16:38:05 2006 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 244975104 (233.63 GiB 250.85 GB) Array Size : 73492531mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sda. mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/loop0. 2 (700.88 GiB 752.56 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 3 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Mon Apr 18 07:48:54 2011 State : clean Active Devices : 3 Working Devices : 3 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 5674ce60 - correct Events : 28580020 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 256K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 18 1 active sync /dev/sdb2 0 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2 1 1 8 18 1 active sync /dev/sdb2 2 2 8 34 2 active sync /dev/sdc2 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed /dev/sda1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 79435baa:74a2b2c3:68d7e34f:d95ad478 Creation Time : Mon May 15 16:38:08 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 136448 (133.27 MiB 139.72 MB) Array Size : 136448 (133.27 MiB 139.72 MB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 4 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Mon Apr 18 07:36:56 2011 State : clean Active Devices : 4 Working Devices : 4 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 6b5aea0c - correct Events : 4878 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 >>> Please also try `mdadm --assemble --scan --verbose` and post the result. mdadm: No arrays found in config file Happy Easter bunny day to you.. Thanks John. -- John V -- 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