On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Phil Turmel <philip@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good morning Drew, > > > On 11/17/2012 10:07 PM, Drew Reusser wrote: > > [top-posting repaired. Please don't do that on kernel.org lists.] > >> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 11:48 PM, Phil Turmel <philip@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [trim /] > >>> This isn't a complete report for four devices. Please show the output >>> of "blkid" and "cat /proc/partitions" so we can help you report the >>> details needed. > >> C is the pen-drive I am booting from currently and F is the 2TB disk I >> was using to backup to. >> >> mint dev # cat /proc/partitions >> major minor #blocks name >> >> 7 0 939820 loop0 >> 8 0 976762584 sda >> 8 1 976760832 sda1 >> 8 16 976762584 sdb >> 8 17 976237568 sdb1 >> 8 32 1985024 sdc >> 8 33 1984960 sdc1 >> 8 48 976762584 sdd >> 8 49 976760832 sdd1 >> 8 64 976762584 sde >> 8 65 976237568 sde1 >> 11 0 1048575 sr0 >> 8 80 1953514584 sdf >> 8 81 1953512448 sdf1 > > Ok. This suggests that the array was originally built from partition #1 > on each drive, not the drive itself. > >> mint dev # blkid >> /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" >> /dev/sda1: UUID="db9e3115-556a-49db-27c4-2d3002657472" >> UUID_SUB="933ec5c0-d681-9e33-adb0-e6c890e337bd" LABEL="mint:0" >> TYPE="linux_raid_member" >> /dev/sdb1: UUID="db9e3115-556a-49db-27c4-2d3002657472" >> UUID_SUB="9d6df7c7-ce40-1405-4ea1-8763a528ecc5" LABEL="mint:0" >> TYPE="linux_raid_member" >> /dev/sdc1: UUID="5860-2FA0" TYPE="vfat" >> /dev/sdd1: UUID="db9e3115-556a-49db-27c4-2d3002657472" >> UUID_SUB="fa1a1b82-989e-933a-95e4-d2495cee901d" LABEL="mint:0" >> TYPE="linux_raid_member" >> /dev/sde1: UUID="db9e3115-556a-49db-27c4-2d3002657472" >> UUID_SUB="594ed481-471e-f11a-027f-1c246f9d057d" LABEL="mint:0" >> TYPE="linux_raid_member" >> /dev/sdf1: UUID="1C3C2B104A8445ED" TYPE="ntfs" > > As does this. Somehow you ended up with a v1.2 superblock on /dev/sda. > > Please repeat the examines with "mdadm -E /dev/sd[abde]1" > > Phil > > I originally started the disks at (block?) 2048 so there was a 2mb partition to load the bootloader (grub) and mdadm. Everything else was on one partition as you observed. I figured the simpler the better for this configuration. Here you go. mint dev # mdadm -E /dev/sd[abde]1 /dev/sda1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : db9e3115:556a49db:27c42d30:02657472 Name : mint:0 (local to host mint) Creation Time : Thu Nov 15 16:08:02 2012 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 1953259520 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Array Size : 1952211968 (1861.77 GiB 1999.07 GB) Used Dev Size : 1952211968 (930.89 GiB 999.53 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 933ec5c0:d6819e33:adb0e6c8:90e337bd Update Time : Thu Nov 15 20:08:55 2012 Checksum : b516984f - correct Events : 17 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 0 Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : db9e3115:556a49db:27c42d30:02657472 Name : mint:0 (local to host mint) Creation Time : Thu Nov 15 16:08:02 2012 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 1952212992 (930.89 GiB 999.53 GB) Array Size : 1952211968 (1861.77 GiB 1999.07 GB) Used Dev Size : 1952211968 (930.89 GiB 999.53 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 9d6df7c7:ce401405:4ea18763:a528ecc5 Update Time : Thu Nov 15 20:08:55 2012 Checksum : 3103c408 - correct Events : 17 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 1 Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : db9e3115:556a49db:27c42d30:02657472 Name : mint:0 (local to host mint) Creation Time : Thu Nov 15 16:08:02 2012 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 1953259520 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Array Size : 1952211968 (1861.77 GiB 1999.07 GB) Used Dev Size : 1952211968 (930.89 GiB 999.53 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : fa1a1b82:989e933a:95e4d249:5cee901d Update Time : Thu Nov 15 20:08:55 2012 Checksum : 5ea6d02d - correct Events : 17 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 2 Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sde1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : db9e3115:556a49db:27c42d30:02657472 Name : mint:0 (local to host mint) Creation Time : Thu Nov 15 16:08:02 2012 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 1952212992 (930.89 GiB 999.53 GB) Array Size : 1952211968 (1861.77 GiB 1999.07 GB) Used Dev Size : 1952211968 (930.89 GiB 999.53 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 594ed481:471ef11a:027f1c24:6f9d057d Update Time : Thu Nov 15 20:08:55 2012 Checksum : 786bd4bc - correct Events : 17 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 3 Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) -- 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