Bug#446323: mdadm: recovery in infinite loop

[Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>]

As you say, the devices are exactly the same size, thanks.

On Monday October 15, szybalski@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> how do I undo?  mdadm /dev/md2 -f /dev/hda2
> So I could try the sync in init 1
> Lucas

Well, you could:
  mdadm /dev/md2 -f /dev/hda2
  mdadm /dev/md2 -r /dev/hda2

then when you are ready to try again

  mdadm /dev/md2 -a /dev/hda2

I think there must be something odd happening with the drive or
controller.  I notice that the two devices are on the same IDE
channel, which is sometimes a source of problems, though it should
behave like this.

If you feel up to patching the kernel, recompiling, and experimenting,
I can send you a patch which should provide more detailed information
on what is happening.  Let me know what kernel version you will be
working with.

NeilBrown