I am in serious need of some help. I have a RAID 6 array running under Debian "Lenny" Linux using mdadm. I have a 10 disc array set up, and I suffered a system failure requiring a reboot. Now, the array won't start. When I attempt to run --assemble, it thinks 3 of the drives are spare, so it won't run the array. I tried manually assembling the array by writing to /sys/block/md0/md/dev-sd*/slot, but the system won't let me write to any of the directories, I assume because the array is not running. How can I force mdadm to assemble and run at least 8 of the drives? The issue which caused the drives to fail and then the system to halt has been resolved, but I can't figure out how to get the array back online without losing everything on the drives. To answer the obvious question, I do have a backup system, but it failed 3 days ago, and it's going to be a while before the backup system can be repaired.
If it's relevant, the drives are all unpartitioned, and the array is also unpartitioned, formatted as one large ext2 file system. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
