Hello everyone, for some strange reason I dont't succeed any longer in starting my raid5. See log below at line mdadm -Af /dev/md2 /dev/md1 /dev/sdc4 /dev/sdd4 BTW, there is no /etc/mdadm.conf. Kernels tried are 3.11.6 an 3.12.0 mdadm version is "v3.3 - 3rd September 2013". Does anyone see what I am missing? Cheers, Arnold ------------------------------------------------- router:~# router:~# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md1 : active raid0 sda2[0] sdb2[1] 1924217344 blocks 64k chunks md3 : active raid1 sdc2[1] sdb1[0] 14651136 blocks [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 0/224 pages [0KB], 32KB chunk md0 : active raid1 sdc1[1] sda1[0] 14651136 blocks [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 1/224 pages [4KB], 32KB chunk unused devices: <none> router:~# router:~# router:~# router:~# ls -l /dev/md insgesamt 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Nov 4 22:56 0_1 -> ../md0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Nov 4 22:56 3 -> ../md3 router:~# router:~# router:~# router:~# mdadm -S /dev/md2 mdadm: error opening /dev/md2: No such file or directory router:~# router:~# mdadm -S md2 mdadm: stopped md2 router:~# router:~# mdadm -S md2 mdadm: stopped md2 router:~# router:~# router:~# router:~# mdadm -Af /dev/md2 /dev/md1 /dev/sdc4 /dev/sdd4 mdadm: Found some drive for an array that is already active: /dev/md/router:2 mdadm: giving up. router:~# router:~# router:~# router:~# mdadm -E /dev/md1 /dev/md1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : b618baac:270afcb4:cd3f90e9:96f89319 Name : router:2 (local to host router) Creation Time : Tue Jan 1 09:42:46 2013 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 3 Avail Dev Size : 3848172544 (1834.95 GiB 1970.26 GB) Array Size : 3848156416 (3669.89 GiB 3940.51 GB) Used Dev Size : 3848156416 (1834.94 GiB 1970.26 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262064 sectors, after=16128 sectors State : clean Device UUID : c33e7694:c7432219:4529ef82:59a59abc Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Nov 4 21:34:51 2013 Checksum : fb4bcd5 - correct Events : 36544 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 128K Device Role : Active device 0 Array State : AAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) router:~# router:~# router:~# router:~# mdadm -E /dev/sdc4 /dev/sdc4: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : b618baac:270afcb4:cd3f90e9:96f89319 Name : router:2 (local to host router) Creation Time : Tue Jan 1 09:42:46 2013 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 3 Avail Dev Size : 3848156801 (1834.94 GiB 1970.26 GB) Array Size : 3848156416 (3669.89 GiB 3940.51 GB) Used Dev Size : 3848156416 (1834.94 GiB 1970.26 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262064 sectors, after=385 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 9b1d0cc1:079694b1:d44a0c6d:73335c12 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Nov 4 21:34:51 2013 Checksum : 149b6452 - correct Events : 36544 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 128K Device Role : Active device 1 Array State : AAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) router:~# router:~# router:~# router:~# mdadm -E /dev/sdd4 /dev/sdd4: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : b618baac:270afcb4:cd3f90e9:96f89319 Name : router:2 (local to host router) Creation Time : Tue Jan 1 09:42:46 2013 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 3 Avail Dev Size : 3848156800 (1834.94 GiB 1970.26 GB) Array Size : 3848156416 (3669.89 GiB 3940.51 GB) Used Dev Size : 3848156416 (1834.94 GiB 1970.26 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262064 sectors, after=384 sectors State : clean Device UUID : a2b2f0ef:f91dba0e:7c30c8cc:04eb1ac8 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Nov 4 21:34:51 2013 Checksum : b6201ad2 - correct Events : 36544 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 128K Device Role : Active device 2 Array State : AAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) router:~# router:~# -- 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