Hi all, I have (2) 4.6 TB drives in software Raid 1 mdadm - v3.3.2 on debian jessie. A new controller zapped something and I have reverted to the prior built in controller. I think 1 of the 2 is salvagable but need some help getting the array started with the 1 drive (sda2 ) that is responding with raid info. sda2 was the other drive and does not respond to --examine. I think i've boiled it down to this when trying to scan/run: mdadm: failed to add /dev/sdb2 to /dev/md/debian:0: Invalid argument mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md/debian:0: Invalid argument Also not clear on if the name should be /dev/md0 or /dev/md/debian:0, when I run scan/run with a name of /dev/md/debian:0 it ends up in the /dev directory as /dev/md0 All the info follows. I would like to get it started with the single drive / sda2 , in read-only mode to capture a backup. root@mars:/home/user14# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 4.6T 0 disk -─sda1 8:1 0 1G 0 part |-sda2 8:2 0 4.6T 0 part sdb 8:16 0 4.6T 0 disk -─sdb1 8:17 0 1G 0 part |-sdb2 8:18 0 4.6T 0 part sdc 8:32 0 149.1G 0 disk -─sdc1 8:33 0 78.1G 0 part -─sdc2 8:34 0 1K 0 part -─sdc5 8:37 0 33.6G 0 part -─sdc6 8:38 0 18.1G 0 part |-sdc7 8:39 0 19.2G 0 part sdd 8:48 0 232.9G 0 disk -─sdd1 8:49 0 8.4G 0 part / -─sdd2 8:50 0 1K 0 part -─sdd5 8:53 0 2.8G 0 part -─sdd6 8:54 0 4G 0 part [SWAP] -─sdd7 8:55 0 380M 0 part |-sdd8 8:56 0 217.4G 0 part /home sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom sr1 11:1 1 7.8G 0 rom root@mars:/home/user14# root@mars:~/raid/bin# mdadm --misc --examine /dev/sda2 mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sda2. root@mars:~/raid/bin# mdadm --misc --examine /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : 2a3489a6:b430c744:2c89a792:98521913 Name : debian:0 Creation Time : Sat May 9 17:44:25 2015 Raid Level : raid1 Raid Devices : 2 Avail Dev Size : 9765179392 (4656.40 GiB 4999.77 GB) Array Size : 4882589696 (4656.40 GiB 4999.77 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=0 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 4697b088:5d3b1ae5:55d30f65:516df63d Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Jun 14 23:53:27 2017 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 1f245410 - expected 1f249410 Events : 129099 Device Role : Active device 1 Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) root@mars:~/raid/bin# root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# ./lsdrv PCI [sata_via] 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80) scsi 0:0:0:0 ATA TOSHIBA MD04ACA5 {75T8K3HXFS9A} sda 4.55t [8:0] Partitioned (gpt) sda1 1.00g [8:1] ext2 'skip_space' {b03b8699-d492-42b1-af9e-2a68b73b733d} sda2 4.55t [8:2] ext3 'for_raid' {5c93e223-8b7a-48b9-b4f0-6ef2990f22ae} scsi 1:0:0:0 ATA TOSHIBA MD04ACA5 {84JHK4XKFS9A} sdb 4.55t [8:16] Partitioned (gpt) sdb1 1.00g [8:17] ext2 'fs_on_sdd1' {78546565-c92d-4008-b372-104c6337c11e} sdb2 4.55t [8:18] MD raid1 (2) inactive 'debian:0' {2a3489a6-b430-c744-2c89-a79298521913} PCI [pata_via] 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07) scsi 2:0:0:0 PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D {PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVR-111D} sr0 1.00g [11:0] Empty/Unknown scsi 2:0:1:0 ATA WDC WD1600JB-00G {WD-WCAL98126376} sdc 149.05g [8:32] Partitioned (dos) sdc1 78.13g [8:33] ntfs {72280E84280E4795} sdc2 1.00k [8:34] Partitioned (dos) sdc5 33.62g [8:37] vfat {04CA-B75D} sdc6 18.13g [8:38] ext2 'for_temp' {6cc1aa46-aaa3-4f93-8316-8924ac9ee3f2} sdc7 19.17g [8:39] ext4 'for_var' {8d865846-5827-4f51-b826-6f672d45285d} scsi 3:0:0:0 ATA WDC WD2500JB-00G {WD-WCAL76218162} sdd 232.89g [8:48] Partitioned (dos) sdd1 8.38g [8:49] ext4 {7e42bfae-8af9-4c9a-b8c2-7e70c37435a1} Mounted as /dev/sdd1 @ / sdd2 1.00k [8:50] Partitioned (dos) sdd5 2.79g [8:53] ext4 {907474bc-cec7-4a80-afb0-daa963cef388} sdd6 3.99g [8:54] swap {cbe9107e-8503-4597-8f99-5121384dfd1b} sdd7 380.00m [8:55] ext4 {daf44546-1549-42be-b632-2be175962366} sdd8 217.34g [8:56] ext4 {9f3bfd18-92ac-4095-b512-cc2a0b88737c} Mounted as /dev/sdd8 @ /home USB [usb-storage] Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0480:d010 Toshiba America Info. Systems, Inc. {20121204025996} scsi 5:0:0:0 Toshiba External USB 3.0 {66715465} sde 1.82t [8:64] Partitioned (dos) sde1 1.82t [8:65] ntfs 'ELLIS' {ACAC8FDBAC8F9E88} Mounted as /dev/sde1 @ /mnt/ellis Other Block Devices md0 0.00k [9:0] MD v1.2 () clear, None (None) None {None} Empty/Unknown root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# mdadm --manage --stop /dev/md0 mdadm: stopped /dev/md0 root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# mdadm --assemble /dev/md/debian:0 -v /dev/sdb2 --run mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md/debian:0 mdadm: /dev/sdb2 is identified as a member of /dev/md/debian:0, slot 1. mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 0 of /dev/md/debian:0 mdadm: failed to add /dev/sdb2 to /dev/md/debian:0: Invalid argument mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md/debian:0: Invalid argument root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# ls -lR /dev | grep md lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jun 15 21:20 initctl -> /run/systemd/initctl/fifo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Jun 15 21:20 log -> /run/systemd/journal/dev-log drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Jun 15 17:20 md brw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Jun 17 21:54 md0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jun 17 21:54 9:0 -> ../md0 /dev/md: root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# mdadm --detail /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 1.2 Raid Level : raid0 Total Devices : 0 Persistence : Superblock is persistent State : inactive Number Major Minor RaidDevice root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : unused devices: <none> root@mars:~/raid/bin/util/lsdrv# -- 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