Hi Phil, The detailed info for this broken raid 0 is here: mdadm --version mdadm - v3.1.4 - 31st August 2010 mdadm -E /dev/sda1 mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sda1. mdadm -E /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : 314351c1:8fd287cb:21bd5e93:56aa71c7 Name : gandalf:0 (local to host gandalf) Creation Time : Mon Aug 23 13:47:57 2010 Raid Level : raid0 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574594 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 4a303267:fd84a859:ecb68475:a797a615 Update Time : Mon Aug 23 13:47:57 2010 Checksum : 2739d1d7 - correct Events : 0 Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 1 Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) mdadm -E /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : 314351c1:8fd287cb:21bd5e93:56aa71c7 Name : gandalf:0 (local to host gandalf) Creation Time : Mon Aug 23 13:47:57 2010 Raid Level : raid0 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574594 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 72c265f4:76e8edcc:7154fd89:77478688 Update Time : Mon Aug 23 13:47:57 2010 Checksum : af0b14cf - correct Events : 0 Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 2 Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) mdadm -E /dev/sdd1 /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : 314351c1:8fd287cb:21bd5e93:56aa71c7 Name : gandalf:0 (local to host gandalf) Creation Time : Mon Aug 23 13:47:57 2010 Raid Level : raid0 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574594 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : e5f46d32:b2e0f6b4:0b361c98:9689dcb2 Update Time : Mon Aug 23 13:47:57 2010 Checksum : d916338 - correct Events : 0 Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 3 Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) uname -a Linux gandalf 3.5.0vs2.3.4-vs2.3.4 #1 SMP Tue Jan 8 08:31:15 EET 2013 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Thanks for your help Ivan Yordanov On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 10:19 +0200, Nikolay Kichukov wrote: > email message attachment, "Forwarded message - Re: Missing superblock > on one of the raid devices on raid 0 with 1.2 metadata" > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > From: Phil Turmel <philip@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: Nikolay Kichukov <nkichukov@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ivan Yordanov > > <iyordanov@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: Missing superblock on one of the raid devices on raid 0 > > with 1.2 metadata > > Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:32:47 -0400 > > > > On 03/14/2013 10:27 AM, Nikolay Kichukov wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > We are trying to recover a broken raid 0. It consisted of 4 raid > > > devices. One of them got the metadata/superblock zeroed and now the raid > > > cannot assemble. > > > > > > OS: Gentoo Linux > > > > > > My colleague will be able to provide more information regarding kernel > > > version and mdadm version. > > > > > > Is there a way to copy the superblock/metadata from one of the remaining > > > drives and edit it prior to placing it on the zeroed drive so that the > > > raid can be assembled? > > > > > > Any hints and pointers are welcomed. Is it possible to fix the raid in > > > the first place? If yes, then how do we locate the superblock/metadata > > > that needs to be copied and edited from one of the raid member devices? > > > > Start by showing the output of "mdadm -E /dev/sdX" for all of the other > > member devices or partitions. It's likely to be possible to fix your > > problem. > > > > Phil -- 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