On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:43:02AM -0600, Glenn English wrote: > I created md0, 1, and 2 RAID1 arrays with mdadm, containing partitions > from missing and sdb. Then I changed my mind, but mdadm seems to be > trying to put them together anyway, and I can't figure out where it's > getting the info. > > I purged mdadm, deleted /etc/mdadm, grep -r'ed /etc and /boot for md0 > (didn't fine any), find'ed /etc for "*md*" (nothing), zeroed the first > 10000 bytes of sdb, and rebooted. fdisk -l says there's no md*. > > But when I apt-get install mdadm, it tries to create all 3 -- it claims > to succeed with md0: > >> Starting MD monitoring service: mdadm --monitor. >> Assembling MD array md0...done (degraded [1/2]). > > and > >> sbox:/usr/local# ls /dev/md* >> /dev/md0 /dev/md1 /dev/md2 > > and > >> sbox:/usr/local# cat /proc/mdstat >> Personalities : [raid1] >> md0 : active raid1 sdb[0] >> 625131776 blocks [2/1] [U_] >> unused devices: <none> > > I'm sure it's going to be obvious in retrospect, but what's the > --nuke_from_orbit switch for mdadm?
--zero-superblock man mdadm > > > > > -- "I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question." - George W. Bush 10/04/2000 Reynoldsburg, OH In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the first debate.
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