On 21/05/20 00:53, David T-G wrote: > diskfarm:root:13:/mnt/scratch/disks> mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md0 --verbose /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 > mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md0 > mdadm: /dev/sda1 is busy - skipping > mdadm: /dev/sdb1 is busy - skipping > mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is busy - skipping > > like the overlay is keeping me from the raw devices, so I'd have to tear > down all of that to try the real thing. I'll h old off on that... Did you do an mdadm --stop before trying the force assemble? That implies to me you've got the remnants of a previous attempt lying around... Not sure which command it is - "cat /proc/mdstat" maybe, but make sure ALL your arrays are stopped (unless you know they are running okay) before you try stuff. Cheers, Wol