-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all,
It appears that for about a month my raid array is not working anymore (this is an evaluation after having inspected the content of each individual disk). I thinks it may be a bit longer. I was using raidtools but, as I'm under unstable, this package was removed and may not have been through that migration as well as I thought :( After some investigation i found that it does not recognize it any more because the two disks don't have the same UUID! as mdadm shows : % mdadm --examine --brief --scan --config=partitions ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 \ UUID=b6065276:860e04ff:432f5364:f4db028c ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 \ UUID=12e709d1:8df4e5d9:e6aa987f:b3b2318a As far as I can tell the disk actually used is /dev/sdb1 (sda1 content is outdated). I tried to force the array assembly but I got : % mdadm -A /dev/md0 --force md: md0 stopped. mdadm: /dev/sda1 has no super block - assembly aborted So I tried to make sda1 faulty, remove it then reinstall it; but I got : % mdadm --fail /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 mdadm: cannot get array info for /dev/md0 As far as I understand, it's because md0 is active... but I can't activate it; It's a dead lock !! To break this vicious circle, I thought I could reset sda1 UUID, but how can I know the one to use, or may I just rebuild the array (without loosing data of course !) Or may i use any tool to set proper super block on sda1 ? Is there a proper way to get myself out of that mess ? Thanks for your advice. Nicolas. PS : If some could explain how I get myself in that mess I would also greatly appreciate it ... so i won't do it again ! - -- I prefer encrypted mail. You can get my PGP public key(s) from : * The MIT's PGP Key Server : http://pgp.mit.edu/ * My homepage : https://caniart.net/~nicolas/identity.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDdPVIBSZC/4e1wHMRArkVAJsFfsXL9KaS9A4AMv+XrT2OMTJR6QCfcBu0 ZAKiiNoFvJz0rU1JvB2qI1Y= =zIoS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]