On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:44:10 +0000, Ramon Hofer wrote: > Is it possible to start md1 again to be able to start the linear array > md0 so that I can accesss the data? Stand will probably be angry with me but I did the following: I found the recovery page in your wiki: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID_Recovery So I followed the process there. ~$ mdadm --examine /dev/sd[abcd] > raid.status.md1 ~$ mdadm --create --assume-clean --level=5 --raid-devices=4 /dev/md1 /dev/ sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd ~$ ~$ -- 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