Hi Alvin! > if you do have your raid intact... and just a dead disk > than you can take that disk out and add a new one > > -- if you were manually able to recreate /dev/md0 > -- backup all your data now to some other disks > -- on your lan > > -- than continue fixing your raid box > > raidhotremove /dev/md0 /dev/hdc1 > -- power down your system ... > -- swap out the bad disks ( /dev/hdc ) > -- put the new replacement disk in > > -- power up as normal... > -- note that it will be running in degraded mode... > -- keep an eye on /proc/mdstat for "resync status" > > when its done with its housekeeping... i'd add > the replacement disks ... > raidhotadd /dev/md0 /dev/sdc1 > > - watch it resync again... > and i'd power down and back up one ore time for good measure > Thank you very much, very detailed help, only one question remaining: as i am able to format "dead" disk under the running os -> is there a way try to sync manually ? or how can i check the dead disk, if it is really dead ? As i don't want to buy new disks as long as i am not quite sure if it is defekt ?
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