From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: NeilBrown Subject: Re: Why can't I re-add my drive after partition shrink? Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:37:58 +1000 Message-ID: <87pod0ypmh.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> References: <2ea5ed99-05b5-25d2-c9d4-8ce1f4945eaa@gmail.com> <87tw2f2425.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> <0341a04d-9aa5-7665-d9ff-527fe9fc8238@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <0341a04d-9aa5-7665-d9ff-527fe9fc8238@gmail.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Ram Ramesh , Linux Raid List-Id: linux-raid.ids --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 14 2017, Ram Ramesh wrote: > On 07/13/2017 08:35 PM, NeilBrown wrote: >> > Please report output of "mdadm --examine" on both a device that is active >> in the array, and the device that you are trying to add. >> Also "mdadm --examine-bitmap" of a device that is active in the array. >> >> NeilBrown >> >>> I researched as much as I could on the net and came up with nothing >>> except some one saying that mdadm keeps something at the end of the disk >>> regardless of what it says about "Used Dev Size." Is it possible to move >>> this info so that I could re-add? >>> >>> Ramesh >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in >>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Neil, > > Since the problem, I did not want to leave my md in degraded state.=20 > So, I added my drive back and paid the penalty for rebuilding. I have=20 > other disks that need to be resized and *can get you want*. Please let=20 > me know if that is what you meant. If you wanted the current info after= =20 > successfully rebuilding the array after a regular add, it is below. I only requested the information because it might help fix, or explain, your difficulty. If you don't currently have a difficulty, then I don't need to look at any details. Thanks, NeilBrown --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEG8Yp69OQ2HB7X0l6Oeye3VZigbkFAllr6sgACgkQOeye3VZi gbkB8g/+KiYtiH4Gs/NkcTcpsoz3/9s0DKasDskut7OjiZS/Zcd9DLcRVfxClnq9 u3wj96E1QQVHDPB3619vUPG1BaiTeietwwCtmetIKiKOebDzqjP9FAc5movq4H6I ny6u66ILYB421UFEtk9GCcYN0ESV/rmZQsX/VFWLJdLndjiftI4UiTbmp4y5NFSb kQRsjOqfyEDJ0CFRE/NnWaIEH4SbM5kLdwLNCOBsM+Yweom3jdL5JmIqeX5nPW8t s52nOgyeicnqvDzmLwO5UcOXMRzK+/AptcMmwokCvJSvJpUEore9y8PiIjNI61iy M4AwD3B9ktTkgHgdjBToFp0Floyn2wZa4oTVjLu9NWHoEK0J2rE8eLJ21mJCKeH5 GLAHtcHYc2d61pNtEPrJ8/PkPc7ULrr51rE/yn0MO8B/2uu/a3LgrlbWOYmXMGoq AjtrNdKLN1nBl3n6QOqfk/y93YdVfWAm3zhk4RF9XX6gZI9f/mSO6ECx7qaj7R09 ErLkjUFJbJK/oiy0L15p1GdynI0pA6416MY9eKpm0nsWsFBqqp6X0snD8VfRPJeL o4MyXl9LwQKloP1nfrSHwjmoY0fgcPoSWjT1LIenFE/STxUiu1gLpStu4gWEe2eH p23Tt/Ezf1aAotOCnNyR3a8k1kZRmW/74N0RuF28nTYC4VqWBjM= =SuIK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--