I'm using ubuntu 12.04.4 Server and this is my current setup: My hard disks: wax@petra:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes 255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 182401 cilindri, totale 2930277168 settori Unita = settori di 1 * 512 = 512 byte Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Identificativo disco: 0x00000000 Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 63 2930272064 1465136001 fd Autorilevamento raid di Linux wax@petra:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes 255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 182401 cilindri, totale 2930277168 settori Unita = settori di 1 * 512 = 512 byte Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Identificativo disco: 0x00000000 Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 63 2930272064 1465136001 fd Autorilevamento raid di Linux wax@petra:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc Disk /dev/sdc: 163.9 GB, 163928604672 bytes 255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 19929 cilindri, totale 320173056 settori Unita = settori di 1 * 512 = 512 byte Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Identificativo disco: 0x8f8000b1 Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 2048 3905535 1951744 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdc2 3907582 320172031 158132225 5 Esteso /dev/sdc5 * 3907584 320172031 158132224 83 Linux wax@petra:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdd Disk /dev/sdd: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes 255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 364801 cilindri, totale 5860533168 settori Unita = settori di 1 * 512 = 512 byte Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Identificativo disco: 0x00000000 Il disco /dev/sdd non contiene una tabella delle partizioni valida This is the mdadm output: wax@petra:~$ cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md1 : active raid1 sdd[3] md0[2] 2930135360 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] md0 : active linear sdb[0] sda[1] 2930277152 blocks super 1.2 0k rounding unused devices: <none> Why sda1 and sdb1 are market as boot? My boot disk is sdc. Also grub is installed in sdc AND in sda I think that's an error right? Why sda and sdb have partitions while sdd doesn't? Is there something wrong with my setup? -- Federico Foschini. -- 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