[mythtv-users] Totally OT - but need help wit RAID5 array

[jafa]

> Yes, typo when it was created. I said no to the previous prompt for
> creating an array. I tried the following commands:
>
> [root at storage /]# mdadm --assemble --verbose /dev/md0 /dev/hdb /dev/hdc missing
> mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md0
> mdadm: /dev/hdb is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 3.
> mdadm: /dev/hdc is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 1.
> mdadm: cannot open device missing: No such file or directory
> mdadm: missing has no superblock - assembly aborted
> [root at storage /]# mdadm --assemble --verbose /dev/md0 --force /dev/hdb /dev/hdc missing
> mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md0
> mdadm: /dev/hdb is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 3.
> mdadm: /dev/hdc is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 1.
> mdadm: cannot open device missing: No such file or directory
> mdadm: missing has no superblock - assembly aborted
> [root at storage /]# mdadm --assemble --verbose /dev/md0 --force /dev/hdb /dev/hdc
> mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md0
> mdadm: /dev/hdb is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 3.
> mdadm: /dev/hdc is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 1.
> mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 0 of /dev/md0
> mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 2 of /dev/md0
> mdadm: added /dev/hdb to /dev/md0 as 3
> mdadm: added /dev/hdc to /dev/md0 as 1
> mdadm: /dev/md0 assembled from 1 drive - not enough to start the array.
>   
Crud.

Try:

mdadm --assemble --run --verbose /dev/md0 /dev/hdb /dev/hdc

Nick