I tried both reasonable versions without success: sudo mdadm --assemble --verbose --force /dev/md127 /dev/sd[ce]1 [sudo] password for vojtech: mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md127 mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is identified as a member of /dev/md127, slot 2. mdadm: /dev/sde1 is identified as a member of /dev/md127, slot 1. mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 0 of /dev/md127 mdadm: added /dev/sdc1 to /dev/md127 as 2 (possibly out of date) mdadm: added /dev/sde1 to /dev/md127 as 1 mdadm: /dev/md127 assembled from 1 drive - not enough to start the array. sudo mdadm --assemble --verbose --force /dev/md127 /dev/sd[de]1 mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md127 mdadm: /dev/sdd1 is identified as a member of /dev/md127, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sde1 is identified as a member of /dev/md127, slot 1. mdadm: added /dev/sde1 to /dev/md127 as 1 mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 4 of /dev/md127 mdadm: added /dev/sdd1 to /dev/md127 as 0 mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md127: Input/output error -- 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