On Thursday 30 October 2008, Hendrik Boom wrote: ... > > I've had trouble with removing drives if I didn't manually fail > > them. Someone who knows the inner workings of mdadm might be able > > to provide more information on that. > > I wonder if /dev/hdc3 still needs to be manually failed. I wonder if > it is even possible to fail a removed drive...
Try adding it. If it works, then you're okay -- assuming the drive is okay. If it doesn't work, you'll get an error message and it won't add it. > > Yes, paranoia is a good thing in system administration. It's kept > > me from severe problems previously! > > And paranoia will make sure I have two complete backups before I > actually do any of this fixup. I've learned, among other things, to not trust RAID5 with mdadm. I've also learned that even with RAID1, I have a full backup elsewhere. I stick with RAID1 so if it blows, as long as one drive is still okay, I can always remount it as a regular drive. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
