On 02/10/2014 11:48 AM, Justin Stephenson wrote: > Hello, > > I have reviewed the Linux Raid Wiki regarding rebuilding and it > recommended writing a note to the list. > > I am running an mdadm raid on CENTOS 6.5 with 6 disks in a Raid 6 off of > my motherboard's SATA controller. > > I added a 7th disk as a spare. > > When I rebooted the raid after adding the spare, it would not mount and > the OS would only boot into recovery mode. I changed my fsck file to > exclude the raid and can now boot into the GUI. > > I have tried to reassemble the array using --assemble and I get the the > following message: > > mdadm: we match both /dev/md/BigBlue:0 and /dev/md0 - cannot decide > which to use. Please show the output of your mdadm.conf file, and the complete command you used to assemble with. Add "-v" to it to show more information. {There's nothing wrong with your array, just conflicting info in your configuration file.} 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