> Are you using lvm on top of the mdraid? > > If so you need to fsck the lvs not the mds. No lvm's. I can boot the raid system, and cat /proc/mdstat shows clean arrays. The automatic fsck reported problems a while ago, and corrected them. When I now try to run certain rsync script, I get kernel panic. I suspect bad blocks, and/or filesystem errors. I still don't know why fsck from the rescue dvd does not work. - Jussi -- Jussi Hirvi * Green Spot Topeliuksenkatu 15 C * 00250 Helsinki * Finland Tel. +358 9 493 981 * Mobile +358 40 771 2098 (only sms) jussi.hirvi at greenspot.fi * http://www.greenspot.fi