> > Thanks, this might prove useful. > However I do have a question... which might be just as important. > > How to identify which drive has failed in an array? > > I have 6 disks, 4 are used in raid (mdadm), the other 2 contain /boot, / > and /home. > /dev/sdc > /dev/sdd > /dev/sde > /dev/sdf > Each have 1 partition. > /dev/md0 (raid 1) consists of /dev/sdc1 and /dev/sdd1 > /dev/md1 (raid 1) consists of /dev/sde1 and /dev/sdf1 > > If a drive fails, how do I know which drive? This is a desktop system, not > a server. >
One way is to label the disks themselves so you simply do; cat /proc/mdstat which might say /dev/sd3 is down. Open the case, look for the disk labled /dev/sde and replace it. If you have LED's like servers have (probably not) they can be a fiddle to get working but it's possible -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c18d5fb.2000...@ionic.co.uk