I can confirm I have encountered this bug on two separate machines. One running Ubuntu 6.06 (kernel 2.6.16) and one running Debian 4.0 (kernel 2.6.18).
The loopback workaround works for me as well. -- mdadm cannot assemble array as cannot open drive with O_EXCL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/27037 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs