Re: swraid problem

On 14.12.2006, at 15:23, Ariën Huisken wrote:
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>
> It's a new box, and tested the drives before install with badblocks  
> -v -v -p50

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>
>> my personal curiosity approach would be to wipe the sdc3 partition  
>> with
>> zeros, to test the drive and get rid of a probably faulty signature
>> (this could be done fast with mdadm as well (fix superblock)) and  
>> again
>> trying to add the drive.
>
> I can do that, also this third partition is not needen anyway in a  
> mirrorset.

mdadm has an examine mode, where you can see the info from the  
superblock.
if you manage to get that, post it here, and we'll have a look into it.

matthias