Wol, et al (is there anyone else, even??) -- ...and then antlists said... % % On 21/05/2020 13:33, David T-G wrote: % >% Can't remember the syntax, but there's a re-add option. If it can find % >% and replay a log of failed updates, it will bring the drive straight % >% back in. Otherwise it will rebuild from scratch. % >% % >% That's probably the safest way - let mdadm choose the best option. % > % >OK; yay. I'm still confused, though, between "add" and "readd". I'll % >take any pointers to docs I can get. % % Add just adds the drive back and rebuilds it. % % Readd will play a journal if it can. If it can't, it will fall back % and do an add. OK. Sounds good. % % So *you* should choose re-add. Let mdadm choose add if it can't do a re-add. Thanks. Sooooo ... Given this diskfarm:root:10:~> cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md0 : active raid5 sdb1[0] sda1[4] sdc1[3] 11720265216 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/3] [U_UU] md127 : active raid5 sdf2[0] sdg2[1] sdh2[3] 1464622080 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU] unused devices: <none> diskfarm:root:10:~> mdadm --examine /dev/sd[abcd]1 | egrep '/dev/sd|Event' /dev/sda1: Events : 57862 /dev/sdb1: Events : 57862 /dev/sdc1: Events : 57862 /dev/sdd1: Events : 48959 does this mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --re-add /dev/sdd1 look like the right next step? % % Cheers, % Wol Thanks again & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt