I don't know what to make of it. Everyone will ask you for this info: mdadm --examine /dev/sdc2 and the same output against /dev/sdb2 On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Dave Stevens <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@xxxxxxxxx> > To: Dave Stevens <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Linux RAID <linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: no good deed goes unpunished... > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:04:45 -0500 > Sender: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > you should probably do cat /proc/mdstat > > It is likely that the livecd may have already tried to assemble it, > and that the busy is because it is already in use. > > If it is already assembled and you want to redo it first you will need > to stop the assembled array to be able to redo it. > > so this is what I did while running the live distro: > > # cat /proc/mdstat > > Personalities : > > md12 : inactive sda2[0](S) > 732467520 blocks > > md10 : inactive sdc2[2](S) sdb2[1](S) > 1464935040 blocks > > unused devices: <none> > > > It seemed to me that matters were needlessly complicated by possible > residual issues from my earlier unsuccessful attempts so I rebooted. > > > ------------------------------ reboot ---------------------- > > # mdadm -A /dev/md13 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdc2 > > mdadm : /dev/md13 assembles from 1 drive - not enough to start the array > > # cat /proc/mdstat > > Personalities : > > md13 : inactive sdc2[2](S) sdb2[1](S) > > 1464935040 blocks > > unused devices : <none> > > # mkdir aa > > # mount /dev/md13 aa > > mount: /dev/md13: can't read superblock > > So I still don't see what to do. Advice welcome. > > Dave > > > > -- > "As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, > the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance." > > -- John Dewey > > > > > > -- > 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 -- 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
