The only thing that stands out is that your create statement doesn't jive with your disk listing. "mdadm --create /dev/md0 --assume-clean --raid-devices=5 --level=5 /dev/sd[abdef] excludes sdc during creation whereas the disk listing you post later doesn't mention sda. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie "This started out as a hobby and spun horribly out of control." -Unknown -- 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