On 06/03/2016 08:27 AM, bobzer wrote: > i use losetup to make my dd image a dev/loop device and took the risk > of start the raid but it doesn't work: > i did : > mdadm --assemble --force --name=/dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdd1 > /dev/loop2 /dev/sdc1 > it answer : > mdadm: device /dev/sdb1 exist but is not an md array > > except that is not true, sdb1 and sdd1 are the correct drive. sdc1 is > the one saw as a spare The --name is for if you want to call the device something other than just md0. If you use /dev/md0 instead of --name=/dev/md0 it might work. -- 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