Hi Jun-Kai,
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On 11/10/2017 12:25 PM, Jun-Kai Teoh wrote:
> I was reshaping/growing my array when it died. Computer came back up
> but array wouldn't assemble.
>
> I looked around and saw some commands on how to assemble without the
> one drive that looked like it was kicked off sometime ago that I did
> not realize (I used --assemble --force --verbose)
>
> I kept getting the error that there were 6 drives, 1 rebuilding, and
> not enough to get the array up. I unplugged the one drive that had the
> incorrect superblock and ran "mdadm -A -R".
>
> It ran and looked like it was resuming reshaping but it got really
> slow - like 7 years slow.
>
> I killed the process, rebooted the machine, and it just auto
> reassembled the array and automounted it on boot.
>
> Am in the process of backup right now.
>
> And yes, the drive/array is mounted.
Ok. I reviewed the other thread. Consider creating a new array from
scratch after you complete your backups, using consistent partitioning
across all devices. I would put LVM on top and leave part of it
unallocated (for emergencies), but that's just my preference.
Phil
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