hi folks, what's the safest way to get this array back into r/o mode? thanks, -ch ch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ch@snaggle:~$ sudo mdadm --examine /dev/sd[defg]1 | egrep 'Event|^/dev/sd' /dev/sdd1: Events : 286024 /dev/sde1: Events : 286011 /dev/sdf1: Events : 286024 /dev/sdg1: Events : 286024 ch@snaggle:~$ sudo mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md0 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1 /sdg1 mdadm: cannot open device /sdg1: No such file or directory mdadm: /sdg1 has no superblock - assembly aborted ch@snaggle:~$ sudo mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md0 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1 mdadm: ignoring /dev/sde1 as it reports /dev/sdd1 as failed mdadm: /dev/md0 assembled from 0 drives and 1 spare - not enough to start the array. ch@snaggle:~$ sudo mdadm -E /dev/sd[defg]1 /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 48af1ed4:8978e992:f8a6b934:875c877f (local to host snaggle) Creation Time : Mon May 23 00:02:10 2011 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 1465135936 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB) Array Size : 2930271872 (2794.53 GiB 3000.60 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 4 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Tue Dec 3 21:19:31 2013 State : clean Active Devices : 1 Working Devices : 3 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 2 Checksum : f32d49b0 - correct Events : 286024 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 4 8 33 4 spare 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 33 4 spare 5 5 8 81 5 spare /dev/sdf1 /dev/sde1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 48af1ed4:8978e992:f8a6b934:875c877f (local to host snaggle) Creation Time : Mon May 23 00:02:10 2011 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 1465135936 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB) Array Size : 2930271872 (2794.53 GiB 3000.60 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 4 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Dec 1 18:03:17 2013 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 4 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 2 Checksum : f32a7899 - correct Events : 286011 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 33 4 spare 5 5 8 81 5 spare /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdf1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 48af1ed4:8978e992:f8a6b934:875c877f (local to host snaggle) Creation Time : Mon May 23 00:02:10 2011 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 1465135936 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB) Array Size : 2930271872 (2794.53 GiB 3000.60 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 4 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Tue Dec 3 21:19:31 2013 State : clean Active Devices : 1 Working Devices : 3 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 2 Checksum : f32d49d2 - correct Events : 286024 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 33 4 spare 5 5 8 81 5 spare /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdg1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 48af1ed4:8978e992:f8a6b934:875c877f (local to host snaggle) Creation Time : Mon May 23 00:02:10 2011 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 1465135936 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB) Array Size : 2930271872 (2794.53 GiB 3000.60 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 4 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Tue Dec 3 21:19:31 2013 State : clean Active Devices : 1 Working Devices : 3 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 2 Checksum : f32d49e2 - correct Events : 286024 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 5 8 81 5 spare /dev/sdf1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 8 33 4 spare 5 5 8 81 5 spare /dev/sdf1 -- 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