From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Matthews Subject: Re: One raid array does not show up with mdadm --examine --scan Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:41:46 -0700 Message-ID: <40b437201003151441t1f2b78cfg901ccae97c893456@mail.gmail.com> References: <40b437201003151113i15ad2a57y3b4f3ac4e18a8ad6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <40b437201003151113i15ad2a57y3b4f3ac4e18a8ad6@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Simon Matthews wrote: > On my newly built machine, in which all filesystems are on RAID array, > one of the arrays does not show up with the command: > mdadm --examine --scan > > Why is this? And is there anything I can do to fix it? I suspect that I may have found an answer to this question -- the array that does not show up is formed from partitions that are logical partitions instead of primary partitions. I'll try deleting the partitions and re-creating as primary. Simon