Hi Paul, [You top-posted again...] Paul Richter <iamcomcy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >So, I should DD back up the whole thing before trying to reconstruct. The create operation with v2.6.9 isn't any more dangerous than the create operations already done. >If the reconstruct is successful, then I build a new array and copy >everything from the old to the new, right? When/if the recreate succeeds, do a filesystem backup, recreate the array again, and restore. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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