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Subject: Re: Inactive arrays
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 22:26:13 +0100
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On 13/09/16 21:36, Daniel Sanabria wrote:
> [root@lamachine ~]# mdadm -D /dev/sd*
> mdadm: /dev/sda does not appear to be an md device
> mdadm: /dev/sda1 does not appear to be an md device
> mdadm: /dev/sda2 does not appear to be an md device
> mdadm: /dev/sda3 does not appear to be an md device
> mdadm: /dev/sda5 does not appear to be an md device
> mdadm: /dev/sda6 does not appear to be an md device
> mdadm: /dev/sdb does not appear to be an md device

I think that it's been pointed out, but this should be "mdadm -E".

"mdadm -E" gets passed physical devices eg /dev/sda, "mdadm -D" gets
passed raid devices eg /dev/md127.

Confusing, I know ...

Cheers,
Wol