Jack Malmostoso wrote: > jack@nostromo:~$ sudo /sbin/mdadm -Q /dev/md1 > Password: > /dev/md1: is an md device which is not active > /dev/md1: is too small to be an md component. Considering that you ran mkswap on the underlying partitions it is wholey unsurprising that you destroyed md1. Hint: swapoff, then read the mdadm docs on how to zero any superblocks that may remain on the underlying partitions, then re-create the raid array.