> I'm not sure if this is supported, by try specifying the version along > with --examine for each of v0.90, v1.0, v1.1, and v1.2 to see if any > difference shows. Paste the results from each. Hi Phil Only metadata v1.0 seems to be valid for sdc4. $ sudo mdadm --examine /dev/sdc4 --metadata=0.9 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdc4 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) $ $ sudo mdadm --examine /dev/sdc4 --metadata=1.0 /dev/sdc4: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : 374e689e:3bfd050c:ab0b0dce:2d50f5fd Name : MyBookLiveDuo:3 Creation Time : Mon Sep 16 14:53:47 2013 Raid Level : linear Raid Devices : 2 Avail Dev Size : 5851500528 (2790.21 GiB 2995.97 GB) Used Dev Size : 0 Super Offset : 5851500528 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 9096f74b:0a8f2b61:93347be3:6d3b6c1b Update Time : Mon Sep 16 14:53:47 2013 Checksum : 77aa5963 - correct Events : 0 Rounding : 0K Device Role : Active device 0 Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) $ $ sudo mdadm --examine /dev/sdc4 --metadata=1.1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdc4 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) $ $ sudo mdadm --examine /dev/sdc4 --metadata=1.2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdc4 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) $ $ cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md126 : active raid1 sdc3[2] 500724 blocks super 1.0 [2/1] [_U] md127 : inactive sdc4[0](S) 2925750264 blocks super 1.0 unused devices: <none> $ $ sudo mdadm --examine --scan ARRAY /dev/md/2 metadata=1.0 UUID=7c040c5e:9c30ac6d:e534a129:20457e22 name=MyBookLiveDuo:2 ARRAY /dev/md/3 metadata=1.0 UUID=374e689e:3bfd050c:ab0b0dce:2d50f5fd name=MyBookLiveDuo:3 $ Thanks, Amit -- 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