On 09/24/2013 03:14 PM, Karel Walters wrote: > Hi Phil, >> Ok, so your create operation will be: >> >> mdadm --create /dev/md1 --level=10 -n 6 --layout=f2 --chunk=64 >> --data-offset=variable /dev/sdd1:2048 /dev/sdg1:4096 /dev/sdf1:2048 >> /dev/sdb1:2048 /dev/sdc1:2048 /dev/sde1:2048 > > No --assume-clean? Whoops! Yes, add the --assume-clean. >> I'm actually guessing that /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1 need offset 2048 like >> the original devices, not the 4096 of a device added later (newer >> mdadm). With the mixed offsets, you need mdadm version 3.3. > > I created and used it this with mdadm 3.2.5, do I really need to get 3.3? Yes, 3.2.5 doesn't have the variable offset syntax. 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