On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 06:05:40 -0500 Kenneth Emerson <kenneth.emerson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If I assemble and force it to run, the drives are no longer spare but > even with a --force, the array will not go active: > > root@MythTV:/home/ken# mdadm --assemble --run /dev/md3 > root@MythTV:/home/ken# cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] > [raid4] [raid10] > md0 : active raid1 sdc1[2] sde1[4] sdd1[3] sdb1[1] > 292800 blocks [5/4] [_UUUU] > > md1 : active raid1 sdc2[4] sde2[1] sdd2[3] sdb2[2] > 292968384 blocks [5/4] [_UUUU] > > md3 : inactive sdc4[9] sde4[4] sdd4[2] sdb4[3] > 10532388320 blocks super 1.0 Would be nice to see 'mdadm --detail /dev/md3' when it's in this state, and what it says in 'dmesg' after you tried --force. -- With respect, Roman
