On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 09:13:07PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/30/2010 07:24 PM, fred smith wrote: > > Aug 30 22:09:08 fcshome kernel: md: created md1 > ... > > Aug 30 22:09:08 fcshome kernel: md: kicking non-fresh sda2 from array! > ... > > Aug 30 22:09:08 fcshome kernel: md: created md0 > ... > > Aug 30 22:09:08 fcshome kernel: md: kicking non-fresh sda1 from array! > > Yep, your arrays are broken. mdmonitor should have emailed you about > this. Make sure that you receive and read mail to the root user. > > /sbin/mdadm /dev/md1 --fail /dev/sda2 --remove /dev/sda2 > /sbin/mdadm /dev/md1 --add /dev/sda2 > > /sbin/mdadm /dev/md0 --fail /dev/sda1 --remove /dev/sda1 > /sbin/mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sda1 there are only two drives in this mirrored array, sda and sdb. if I need to re-add them both (which, if I understand mdadm correctly, is what your suggestion above would do) how does it know which one is the correct one to re-sync the array with? thanks for the info! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ------------------------------- Romans 5:8 (niv) ------------------------------