On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:54:31 +0800 Yorik <yoriks13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Neil > > Thanks very much for the help and advice.. Output as follows. > > [root@desktop mdadm]# ./mdadm --assemble --force --verbose /dev/md0 > /dev/sd[abc]1 /dev/sd[defgi] > mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md0 > mdadm: superblock on /dev/sdf doesn't match others - assembly aborted > > > Maybe there has been some differences in Data Offset and superblock > sizes with different versions of mdadm. I am not really sure what to > do now, I just got back from a long project overseas and was about to > start looking deeper into my options. > > Appreciate any further help or advice that you have. Could you post the full output of mdadm --examine /dev/[abc]1 /dev/sd[defgi] Some is clearly different at least with sdf. NeilBrown > > Regards > Derek > > On 31 March 2014 14:29, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 15:56:14 +0800 Yorik <yoriks13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Thank you for your help. Sorry for my omission, I thought I had put > >> that in. It was one of the first things that I tried and have numerous > >> times since. > >> > >> #mdadm -Af /dev/md0 /dev/sd[abc]1 /dev/sd[defgi] > >> mdadm: /dev/md0 assembled from 5 drives - not enough to start the array. > >> > >> Then if I try the command again, I get the following > >> > >> # mdadm -Af /dev/md0 /dev/sd[abc]1 /dev/sd[defgi] > >> mdadm: /dev/sda1 is busy - skipping > >> mdadm: /dev/sdb1 is busy - skipping > >> mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is busy - skipping > >> mdadm: /dev/sdd is busy - skipping > >> mdadm: /dev/sde is busy - skipping > >> mdadm: /dev/sdf is busy - skipping > >> mdadm: /dev/sdg is busy - skipping > >> mdadm: /dev/sdi is busy - skipping > >> > >> And my /proc/mdstat looks like this, with all drives marked as spare. > >> > >> # cat /proc/mdstat > >> Personalities : > >> md0 : inactive sda1[0](S) sdf[7](S) sdg[8](S) sde[5](S) sdi[6](S) > >> sdd[4](S) sdc1[2](S) sdb1[1](S) > >> 23442114872 blocks super 1.1 > >> > >> unused devices: <none> > > > > If this is still a problem then please: > > 1/ get the latest mdadm: > > cd /tmp > > git clone git://neil.brown.name/mdadm > > cd mdadm > > make > > 2/ stop the array > > ./mdadm --stop /dev/md0 > > 3/ force-assemble the array with --verbose: > > > > ./mdadm --assemble --force --verbose /dev/md0 /dev/sd[abc]1 /dev/sd[defgi] > > > > and report all the output of the last command. > > > > NeilBrown > >
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