From: David T-G <davidtg-robot@justpickone.org>
To: Linux RAID list <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: failed disks, mapper, and "Invalid argument"
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 07:04:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200521110438.GH1415@justpickone.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5EC63819.5010508@youngman.org.uk>
Wol, et al --
...and then Wols Lists said...
%
% 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...
Yes, I did. md0 doesn't exist at all on the system at the moment.
%
% 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.
The mish-mash array (md127, and no I don't understand how these things
are named!) is fine. The problem array (md0) is on exactly those four
disks (now sda, sdb, sdc, sdd).
%
% Cheers,
% Wol
Thanks again & HAND
:-D
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David T-G
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-21 11:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-20 20:05 failed disks, mapper, and "Invalid argument" David T-G
2020-05-20 23:23 ` Wols Lists
2020-05-20 23:53 ` David T-G
2020-05-21 8:09 ` Wols Lists
2020-05-21 11:01 ` David T-G
2020-05-21 11:55 ` Wols Lists
2020-05-21 12:30 ` disks & prices plus python (was "Re: failed disks, mapper, and "Invalid argument"") David T-G
2020-05-21 13:07 ` antlists
2020-05-21 13:17 ` disks & prices plus python David T-G
2020-05-21 13:42 ` Wols Lists
2020-05-21 13:46 ` David T-G
2020-05-21 11:01 ` failed disks, mapper, and "Invalid argument" David T-G
2020-05-21 11:24 ` David T-G
2020-05-21 12:00 ` Wols Lists
2020-05-21 12:33 ` re-add syntax (was "Re: failed disks, mapper, and "Invalid argument"") David T-G
2020-05-21 13:01 ` antlists
2020-05-21 13:15 ` re-add syntax David T-G
2020-05-21 18:07 ` David T-G
2020-05-21 18:40 ` Roger Heflin
2020-05-21 22:52 ` David T-G
2020-05-21 23:17 ` antlists
2020-05-21 23:53 ` David T-G
2020-05-21 8:13 ` failed disks, mapper, and "Invalid argument" Wols Lists
2020-05-21 11:04 ` David T-G [this message]
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