On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 07:33:23PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi, > > Milos Negovanovic wrote: > >On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 07:09:57PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > >>Hi Milos, > >> > >>Milos Negovanovic wrote: > >>>root@micro ~ # mdadm --add /dev/md2 /dev/sdb3 > >>>mdadm: add new device failed for /dev/sdb3 as 2: Invalid argument > >>Try like this instead: > >> > >>mdadm /dev/md2 --add /dev/sdb3 > >> > > > >root@micro ~ # mdadm /dev/md2 --add /dev/sdb3 > >mdadm: add new device failed for /dev/sdb3 as 2: Invalid argument > > > >BTW I have tried all the variations of this command I could find online, > >and all of them give me this error. > > Okay, try the following and show us the output. > > partprobe > > blkid > > mdadm --detail --scan >
root@micro ~ # partprobe root@micro ~ # blkid /dev/sdb1: UUID="ea2de79b-ee83-1c72-35ee-44eb048206bc" LABEL="micro:0" TYPE="linux_raid_member" /dev/sdb2: UUID="de73322a-76df-fa34-7b38-44b155266292" LABEL="micro:1" TYPE="linux_raid_member" /dev/sda1: UUID="ea2de79b-ee83-1c72-35ee-44eb048206bc" LABEL="micro:0" TYPE="linux_raid_member" /dev/sda2: UUID="de73322a-76df-fa34-7b38-44b155266292" LABEL="micro:1" TYPE="linux_raid_member" /dev/sda3: UUID="9bca8a2b-2283-9bed-c8fe-9f89b0860cb2" LABEL="micro:2" TYPE="linux_raid_member" /dev/sdb3: LABEL="home" UUID="4030e91a-c6fa-4640-81eb-654e2ad8c180" TYPE="ext4" /dev/md0: UUID="16453ab8-e70a-48f3-a435-649505897d2f" TYPE="swap" /dev/md1: UUID="3810bb4b-12be-4e7a-9818-8503f90aa96f" TYPE="ext4" /dev/md2: UUID="3c69773f-5595-4e29-9c8e-66bfbdfd4422" TYPE="ext4" root@micro ~ # mdadm --detail --scan ARRAY /dev/md/0 metadata=1.2 name=micro:0 UUID=ea2de79b:ee831c72:35ee44eb:048206bc ARRAY /dev/md/1 metadata=1.2 name=micro:1 UUID=de73322a:76dffa34:7b3844b1:55266292 ARRAY /dev/md/2 metadata=1.2 name=micro:2 UUID=9bca8a2b:22839bed:c8fe9f89:b0860cb2 Hmmm this line looks suspicious: /dev/sdb3: LABEL="home" UUID="4030e91a-c6fa-4640-81eb-654e2ad8c180" TYPE="ext4" Where is blkid getting its info from? fdisk sees /dev/sdb3 as linux RAID partition. Regards -- Milos Negovanovic [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
