From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joris Subject: Re: reboot during reshape: superblock incorrect, cannot assemble Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:10:30 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Mikael Abrahamsson Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids 2010/8/17 Mikael Abrahamsson : > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Joris wrote: > >> Various people suggest wiping the superblocks and re-creating the >> array. Is this the best option? > Do not do this, since you were reshaping it'll break "everything". Phew. Dodged a bullet there - thanks! > You didn't provide what version of kernel and mdadm you were using, I > suggest trying with 3.1.2 or newer at least, 3.1.3 preferrably. I'm running mdadm 2.6.7.1 on 2.6.32 (Ubuntu lucid during recovery) - and the array was used before with 2.6.7.2-3 on 2.6.26 (Debian Stable); all 64 bit. I'll start by getting the recommended version, then try to re-assemble? Regards, Joris