On 26 Feb 2013, at 13:45, Phil Turmel wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > [top-posting repaired--please don't do that.] > > On 02/26/2013 08:41 AM, Kevin McAreavey wrote: >> On 26 Feb 2013, at 13:22, Phil Turmel wrote: >> >>> On 02/26/2013 04:47 AM, Kevin McAreavey wrote: >>>> Hi Phil, >>>> >>>> Unfortunately I didn't specify a backup-file when attempting to grow the array so I'm not able to run this. >>> >>> Hmmm. That sounds like a bug. It should have refused, I believe. What >>> kernel and mdadm versions are involved here? >> >> $ uname -srv >> Linux 3.2.0-37-generic-pae #58-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 24 15:51:02 UTC 2013 >> >> $ mdadm --version >> mdadm - v3.2.5 - 18th May 2012 >> > > Try the assemble with "--backup-file=... --invalid-backup" > The file must be outside the array, of course. > > Phil Hi Phil, I ran that, it completed but didn't given me any message. To be honest, I think I'm just going to cut my losses and start over. I don't really know what I'm doing at this point and I've probably just been making it worse. Thanks for your help! Kevin-- 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