mdadm: --create would set mdadm mode to "create" , but it is already set to "manage".

[John Legg]

Hi

I am trying to create a raid 5 set using:

sudo mdadm  --auto=md --create  --verbose  /dev/md0 --level=5
--raid-devices=8 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1 /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdg1
/dev/sdh1 /dev/sdi1

I have created partitions sdb1->sdi1 on 8 seperate disks using fdisk and
have set the type of each partition to fd (Linux raid autodetect).

However, I am receiving the following error message:

mdadm: --create would set mdadm mode to "create" , but it is already set to
"manage".

I have tried using the --force option but this has not worked. I have also
ensured that any existing mdadm processes are not running and have checked
that nothing is else is accessing the partitions sdb1->sdi1 by using the
command "lsof".

Using Ubuntu 6.06 (server).


Any help appreciated

Regards
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