> *Head scratch* This, uhm, looks odd. No clue what to make of it. Ahhh,
Don't give up just yet? I issued these commands: mdadm --create /dev/md127 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 --metadata=0.90 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 mdadm --create /dev/md125 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 --metadata=0.90 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 mdadm: /dev/sda3 appears to be part of a raid array: level=raid1 devices=2 ctime=Thu Apr 14 13:22:32 2011 mdadm: /dev/sdb3 appears to be part of a raid array: level=raid1 devices=2 ctime=Thu Apr 14 13:22:32 2011 Continue creating array? y mdadm --create /dev/md126 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 --metadata=0.90 /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb2 I'm not sure if I just wiped the drives clean (empty)? If so, I'll have to start over.....? mdadm --detail /dev/md1 mdadm: cannot open /dev/md1: No such file or directory same now for md2 and md3... Look (ma no hands!): livecd gentoo # mdadm --detail /dev/md125 /dev/md125: Version : 0.90 Creation Time : Thu Apr 14 14:15:21 2011 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 1948227584 (1857.97 GiB 1994.99 GB) Used Dev Size : 1948227584 (1857.97 GiB 1994.99 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 125 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Apr 14 15:51:46 2011 State : clean, resyncing Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Rebuild Status : 37% complete UUID : fa800cdb:33955cfd:cb201669:f728008a (local to host livecd) Events : 0.6 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 3 0 active sync /dev/sda3 1 8 19 1 active sync /dev/sdb3 mdadm --detail /dev/md126 /dev/md126: Version : 0.90 Creation Time : Thu Apr 14 14:16:01 2011 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 5023680 (4.79 GiB 5.14 GB) Used Dev Size : 5023680 (4.79 GiB 5.14 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 126 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Apr 14 14:16:01 2011 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 UUID : e4651ca8:4aae2908:cb201669:f728008a (local to host livecd) Events : 0.1 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2 1 8 18 1 active sync /dev/sdb2 # mdadm --detail /dev/md127 /dev/md127: Version : 0.90 Creation Time : Thu Apr 14 14:10:56 2011 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 262080 (255.98 MiB 268.37 MB) Used Dev Size : 262080 (255.98 MiB 268.37 MB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 127 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Apr 14 16:12:41 2011 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 UUID : 8939604f:676aa8df:cb201669:f728008a (local to host livecd) Events : 0.18 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 We'll see in a few hours.... James