Re: Server down-fail​ed RAID5-asking for some assistance

[John Robinson <john.robinson@anonymous.org.uk>]

On 24/04/2011 02:49, John Valarti wrote:
[...]
> This is looking gloomy now.

No it isn't!

> There definitely is NO mdadm.conf
> I checked.
> I used "find"

OK, that's fine - I didn't really expect there to be, unless you were 
using an emergency shell half-way through booting, in which case if 
there was one it might have been wrong since you've had to remove drives.

[...]
> mdadm -Esvv /dev/sd[abc]2:
>    mdadm: --examine/-E cannot be given with -w

That was the letter v twice, not the letter w - and I didn't mean you to 
specify any devices, just `mdadm -Esvv` on its own.

>> Please also try `mdadm --assemble --scan --verbose` and post the result.
> HERE:
> mdadm: /dev/sda2 not identified in config file.
> mdadm: /dev/sdb2 not identified in config file.
> mdadm: /dev/sdc2 not identified in config file.

Again, I didn't mean you to specify any devices, just exactly `mdadm 
--assemble --scan --verbose` on its own.

I'm not quite sure where you are but your timezone is -0600 while mine 
is +0100, it's gone 3 in the morning, so I'm going to bed now. Neil 
Brown is +1000 so it's Easter Sunday for him, which makes me think it's 
unlikely you'll see a reply from him today/tomorrow. Just stay calm and 
don't panic, we'll get there.

Cheers,

John.