Linear RAID failure. How to recreate?

[anoneironaut84 <anoneironaut@hotmail.com>]

Hey all,

     I'm just wondering if there is any way to recreate a linear array.  For
example in a simple two disk linear RAID array if one disk fail if I replace
the old drive with a working drive can I stop the linear RAID array, format
the simple device nodes and recreate the array?  I tried to do something
like this but failed:

bash# mdadm --manage /dev/md1 -f /dev/sda2
mdadm: set /dev/sda2 faulty in /dev/md1
bash# mdadm --manage /dev/md1 -f /dev/sdb2
mdadm: set /dev/sdb2 faulty in /dev/md1
bash# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [raid1]
md1 : active linear sdb2[1] sda2[0]
      957216768 blocks 64k rounding

md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1]
      9775424 blocks [2/1] [_U]

unused devices: <none>
bash# mdadm --manage /dev/md1 -r /dev/sdb2
mdadm: hot remove failed for /dev/sdb2: Device or resource busy
bash# mdadm --manage /dev/md1 -r /dev/sda2
mdadm: hot remove failed for /dev/sda2: Device or resource busy
bash# mdadm --manage /dev/md1 -fr /dev/sda2
mdadm: hot remove failed for /dev/sda2: Device or resource busy
bash# mdadm --manage --stop /dev/md1
mdadm: fail to stop array /dev/md1: Device or resource busy
bash# fuser -m /dev/md1
bash# fuser -m /dev/sda2
bash# fuser -m /dev/sdb2
bash# mdadm --manage --stop /dev/md1
mdadm: fail to stop array /dev/md1: Device or resource busy
bash-2.05b# lsof | grep md1
bash-2.05b#

Would appreciate some input.

Thanks!

-JD

PS  My system is RHEL-4 running on the 2.6.22 kernel.
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