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From: Max Waterman <davidmaxwaterman@fastmail.co.uk>
To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: trouble adding spare
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:23:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <496DE763.9010300@fastmail.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <496DE2BD.6070905@fastmail.co.uk>

Max Waterman wrote:
>> I would try:
>>
>> 1. mdadm --examine --scan
>> 2. Put that info into mdadm.conf.
It's already there - I think that's how I got the line in the first place.
>> 4. Otherwise, remove the spare from the array, zero the mdadm 
>> superblock.
How would I do this? I tried :

$ sudo /sbin/mdadm /dev/sdi --zero-superblock --force
mdadm: /dev/sdi does not appear to be an md device

Max.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-14 13:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-14  9:43 trouble adding spare Max Waterman
2009-01-14 11:56 ` Justin Piszcz
2009-01-14 13:03   ` Max Waterman
2009-01-14 13:23     ` Max Waterman [this message]
2009-01-14 13:39       ` Justin Piszcz
2009-01-14 14:32         ` Max Waterman
2009-01-14 15:08           ` Max Waterman
2009-01-14 15:14             ` Justin Piszcz
2009-01-14 17:54               ` Max Waterman
2009-01-16 17:57                 ` Max Waterman
2009-01-21 17:21                   ` Max Waterman
2009-01-22  3:50                     ` Beolach
2009-01-22 16:43                       ` Max Waterman

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