Hi Dave, {Convention on kernel.org is reply-to-all, trim quotes, and avoid top-posting. Please trim.} On 03/27/2015 08:37 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > # cat /proc/mdstat > > Personalities : > > md12 : inactive sda2[0](S) > 732467520 blocks > > md10 : inactive sdc2[2](S) sdb2[1](S) > 1464935040 blocks If your livecd tried to be helpful by assembling arrays, but couldn't complete, you end up with partially-assembled inactive arrays like shown above. The member devices shown are *busy*, under the expectation that the remaining device(s) will show up soon. :-) As Roger tried to suggest, you need to run: mdadm --stop /dev/md10 mdadm --stop /dev/md12 That'll release the member devices you need. However, the device assembly pairs above look suspicious. I suggest you show mdadm -E for those devices again to make sure you work with the correct two disks. (sda and sdc from the original report.) Then you can do: mdadm --assemble --force --verbose /dev/mdX /dev/sdY2 /dev/sdZ2 with the correct substitutions for X, Y, and Z. If that doesn't work, show the output. 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