On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:54:36 +0930 Pete <psid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:48:29 +1000 > NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:59:27 +0930 Pete <psid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > When I try to re-add the device that used to be part of the array, mdadm > > > says it's not large enough: > > > > > > # mdadm --add /dev/md1 /dev/sdb3 > > > mdadm: /dev/sdb3 not large enough to join array > > > > > > The partition tables hadn't changed when this started. Since then I've > > > re-partitioned sdb to make sdb3 a few GB bigger, but it's still not > > > large enough. > > > > > > Looking at the working device's superblock, there's a heap of "failed" .. > > I suspect that upgrading to a newer mdadm would solve most of these problems. I booted a debian7 live CD. parted wouldn't read the partition table on sdb so I re-partitioned sdb. Then mdadm was able to --add sdb3. Rebooted to the old ubuntu - all looking good now. Thanks for your help. Pete -- 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
