From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: PFC Subject: Re: Kanotix crashed my raid... Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:02:09 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87oe2r2d93.fsf@rimspace.net> <43BE3C99.4050706@ieee.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids I forgot : I tried these : mdadm --assemble /dev/md2 /dev/hdb1 /dev/sd{a,b,c,d}1 with --run, --force, and both, --stop'ping the array before each try, and everytime is the same error, and the same line in dmesg : "cannot start dirty degraded array for md2" apollo13 ~ # mdadm --stop /dev/md2 apollo13 ~ # mdadm --assemble --verbose /dev/md2 /dev/hdb1 /dev/sd{a,b,c,d}1 mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md2 mdadm: /dev/hdb1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 4. mdadm: /dev/sda1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sdb1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 3. mdadm: /dev/sdd1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 2. mdadm: added /dev/sdb1 to /dev/md2 as 1 mdadm: added /dev/sdd1 to /dev/md2 as 2 mdadm: added /dev/sdc1 to /dev/md2 as 3 mdadm: added /dev/hdb1 to /dev/md2 as 4 mdadm: added /dev/sda1 to /dev/md2 as 0 mdadm: /dev/md2 assembled from 4 drives - need all 5 to start it (use --run to insist). apollo13 ~ # mdadm --run /dev/md2 mdadm: failed to run array /dev/md2: Input/output error apollo13 ~ # mdadm --stop /dev/md2 apollo13 ~ # mdadm --assemble --verbose --run /dev/md2 /dev/hdb1 /dev/sd{a,b,c,d}1 mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md2 mdadm: /dev/hdb1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 4. mdadm: /dev/sda1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sdb1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 3. mdadm: /dev/sdd1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 2. mdadm: added /dev/sdb1 to /dev/md2 as 1 mdadm: added /dev/sdd1 to /dev/md2 as 2 mdadm: added /dev/sdc1 to /dev/md2 as 3 mdadm: added /dev/hdb1 to /dev/md2 as 4 mdadm: added /dev/sda1 to /dev/md2 as 0 mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md2: Input/output error apollo13 ~ # mdadm --stop /dev/md2 apollo13 ~ # mdadm --assemble --verbose --run --force /dev/md2 /dev/hdb1 /dev/sd{a,b,c,d}1 mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md2 mdadm: /dev/hdb1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 4. mdadm: /dev/sda1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sdb1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 3. mdadm: /dev/sdd1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 2. mdadm: added /dev/sdb1 to /dev/md2 as 1 mdadm: added /dev/sdd1 to /dev/md2 as 2 mdadm: added /dev/sdc1 to /dev/md2 as 3 mdadm: added /dev/hdb1 to /dev/md2 as 4 mdadm: added /dev/sda1 to /dev/md2 as 0 mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md2: Input/output error