Hi, i tried to make a RAID5 Software Raid with 3 HDDs Disk /dev/xvdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xe86f85d6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/xvdb1 1 30401 244196001 fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/xvdc: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x7b497238 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/xvdc1 1 30401 244196001 fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/xvdd: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0009ae6e Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/xvdd1 1 30401 244196001 fd Linux raid autodetect but i got the error SAMBA:~# mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=5 --raid-device=3 /dev/xvdb1 /dev/xvdc1 /dev/xvdd1 mdadm: /dev/xvdb1 appears to contain an ext2fs file system size=234259796K mtime=Sun Jul 18 10:15:45 2010 mdadm: /dev/xvdb1 appears to be part of a raid array: level=raid5 devices=3 ctime=Sun Jul 18 12:44:32 2010 mdadm: /dev/xvdc1 appears to be part of a raid array: level=raid5 devices=3 ctime=Sun Jul 18 12:44:32 2010 mdadm: /dev/xvdd1 appears to contain an ext2fs file system size=248976K mtime=Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970 mdadm: /dev/xvdd1 appears to be part of a raid array: level=raid5 devices=3 ctime=Sun Jul 18 12:44:32 2010 Continue creating array? yes mdadm: RUN_ARRAY failed: Invalid argument mdadm: stopped /dev/md0 why is it not working ? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users