-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 22:28:11 -0600 "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/08/2013 07:00 PM, NeilBrown wrote: > > What version of mdadm do you have? It looks like it should be cleverer than > > it is. > > > > What if you add "--update=no-bitmap" to the --assemble line? As the bitmap > > seems to be causing problem, ignoring it might help. > > > > NeilBrown > > I tried that too Neil, it said: > > nemtemp:/mnt # mdadm --verbose --assemble --force --update=no-bitmap /dev/md1 > /dev/sd[ab]5 > mdadm: '--update=no-bitmap' is invalid. Valid --update options are: > 'sparc2.2', 'super-minor', 'uuid', 'name', 'resync', > 'summaries', 'homehost', 'byteorder', 'devicesize'. > > Like in my reply to Adam, I think the age of mdadm may be the issue. The > openSuSE 11.0 install DVD is pretty old ;-) It just may not be handling the > - --assemble correctly given the Event count difference, and there doesn't seem to > be a way to just tell it: > > "The data is correct on both disks, just assemble and run it and be quiet!" > > I'll try booting an Arch install CD with 3.3.2 on it and report back. Thank you > and Adam for your help. > > If it does assemble with mdadm 3.3.2, anything I need to do on the assembled > array to make sure it stays that way? fsck? Any way to tell it to make sure it > is in sync so it will boot under the openSuSE 11.0 version of mdadm? > Once you get any kernel to successfully assemble the array, any other kernel/mdadm should be able to as well. NeilBrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUBUqVLLznsnt1WYoG5AQJ5mg//UkmhkCAtbiCf7z+1X9i/HsoROqH3Dhn6 ii2GEkWcb+IL7tYJ3zp0uzXPJOAuU10SSF7Icrobp9ABnWsCHefEXgGt4kRB7dG8 VkIrYIEArmSkLXkRlSP76IWi2A/AZzhBC3/8QPVXVDBy2I93YHwbkIttzLJURc8R /gtZRX7Bli4FgdNQuRj9K3KLc7Rar+CG1PmzLSInv3bXhZKM2JjlT2Wz4C0niBrf 0topMmjTrVESf8qT2QlOAvhN8BPNtWR95/H6W+v0nKU1KnyOuo6hwolqOFmspyJv Hrn2PFdNKmYFfQ+rFOMZQk4mxII9OxLp5bidE7r4jedzyhQi6QKDLcXZc550irxI e2vGu1Yg+V8d6dcRYgePChDIJn0c13iYgxZHxOJ4I1uhwC9dHNwgN8v377nkfZi+ wBml7Do2oynzImeCC7FVBnYrjmJm1M5djUqB12dIvQZySfI/SUMIVLPNyupiaSvb xvZ/QzoJaowYo1a0lt5EmWAVD5FZ/YTjiffxCdRr/P1rVWfc7Jx2KE/i42heXo8e zBU51hBrWI3JVLYMQr4/Rc1NYXtE51Cq0QzzM5dlnb+ya1m2boscYyUCZHjMGsJg 9JUnT6u7U8a676SZqCCUudIVPFxIR+xyhgpw0AmHcpfMdJ18ic/NmWXIQR7j+jka e5LiyQVu5nw= =nGpK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ÿôèº{.nÇ+?·?®??+%?Ëÿ±éݶ¥?wÿº{.nÇ+?·¥?{±þ¶¢wø§¶?¡Ü¨}©?²Æ zÚ&j:+v?¨þø¯ù®w¥þ?à2?Þ?¨èÚ&¢)ß¡«a¶Úÿÿûàz¿äz¹Þ?ú+?ù???Ý¢jÿ?wèþf