From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Paul Clements <Paul.Clements@SteelEye.com>
Subject: Re: Minor RAID-1 oddity... any way to fix?
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:43:03 -0400
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linux@horizon.com wrote:
 
> md3 : active raid1 hde3[2] hdi3[1]
>       58612096 blocks [2/1] [_U]
>       [====>................]  recovery = 21.1% (12401216/58612096) finish=36.6min speed=20987K/sec

[snip]

> Notice that in md1 and md7, it took its usual drive number in sequence and is happy.
> In md3, it got bumped up to drive 2, leaving the drive 0 number unassigned.

This is normal. md puts spare drives in higher slots initially. When the
recovery is done, you'll see the drive move back to its usual slot 0.

--
Paul