On 8/2/07, Stephen Gregory <oclug [ at ] kernelpanic [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > > > My mdadm.conf contains: > > > > Mosix3 ~ # cat /etc/mdadm.conf > > ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID= > > efacfbe7:6e9e0810:b319f3f2:2f766414 > > ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID= > > a6fdc8f9:cff41e4c:b2de13d1:5c346c07 > > ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid0 num-devices=2 UUID= > > c240389a:89523183:7722dc6b:ec923cb9 > > ARRAY /dev/md3 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID= > > 3b4a8b04:36d07c5f:8168f08f:cd06dedb > > > > There is no reference to any drive there. I'll try to safely re-write > it. > > > I don't think you want to do that. If I am not mistaken those are the > UUIDs of the raid partitions. The kernel scans the harddrives for > those at boot time. I had thought that there were also references to > the physical devices but it has been a while since I played with > software raid. > > There must be something else that is causing your problems. Is there a > (software) raid on those SCSI drives you installed? The kernel may be Yes there is a RAID0 on these 4 disks. Maybe I should boot with Knoppix, wipe out the content of this array and reboot. I wonder if Knoppix will detect the arrays... detecting that raid first. Can I change the detection order ? Thanks! Charles -- > sg > -- Charles Nadeau Ph.D. http://charlesnadeau.blogspot.com/ http://radio.weblogs.com/0111823/ Un emploi pour moi? Voila mon CV: http://resumes.hotjobs.com/charlesnadeau/resumeprincipal Got a job for me? Here is my Resume: http://resumes.hotjobs.com/charlesnadeau/resumeprincipal