Package: mdadm Version: 2.5.4-1 Severity: normal Upon boot after a crash due to failing video hardware, one disk in a raid 1 array was marked failed. The command mdadm --re-add /dev/md1 /dev/sdb1 failed with the message /dev/md1 is not an md device. The real problem was that I attempted the operation as a normal user, thus did not have sufficient permission to do so.
The failure to autostart the array (recovery) after the crash is not mdadm's fault; I have RAID 1 built in to the kernel, so it starts without mdadm. -- Package-specific info: --- mount output /dev/md0 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/md1 on /mnt/video type ext3 (rw) nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw) rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) --- mdadm.conf DEVICE partitions ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=9613ea02:21825f67:02070f19:cb83e351 MAILADDR root --- /proc/mdstat: Personalities : [raid1] md1 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] 312568576 blocks [2/1] [U_] [==>..................] recovery = 11.1% (34864256/312568576) finish=76.9min speed=60134K/sec md0 : active raid1 hdc1[0] hda1[1] 117185984 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> --- /proc/partitions: major minor #blocks name 3 0 117187500 hda 3 1 117186111 hda1 22 0 117187500 hdc 22 1 117186111 hdc1 9 0 117185984 md0 8 0 312571224 sda 8 1 312568641 sda1 8 16 312571224 sdb 8 17 312568641 sdb1 9 1 312568576 md1 --- initrd.img-2.6.17-phb07: --- /proc/modules: -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-phb07 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages mdadm depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.7 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.1-18 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii makedev 2.3.1-83 creates device files in /dev Versions of packages mdadm recommends: ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.3.3-4 A high-performance mail transport -- debconf information: * mdadm/autostart: true mdadm/initrdstart: all mdadm/initrdstart_notinconf: false mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errexist: mdadm/initrdstart_msg_intro: mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errblock: * mdadm/warning: * mdadm/start_daemon: true * mdadm/mail_to: root mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errmd: mdadm/initrdstart_msg_errconf: * mdadm/autocheck: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]