Hi, > What I would do is run smartctl -t short /dev/sdc, then smartctl -a /dev/sdc > and make sure the drive was reported as PASSED and not in imminent failure. Then > run fsck on /dev/sdc2 (the partition reporting the I/O error on what was sda2 -- > DO NOT fsck /dev/sdc3. I ran a short (which succeeded) then a long (which also succeeded) test on /dev/sdc. I realized that /dev/sdc2 is a non-raid partition mounted as /boot, so it can't be checked. This box is in a remote datacenter. Still think it's okay to boot remotely? Thanks, Alex -- 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