It's a dedicated RAID array box, also known as a SATA multiplier really. Let me put it this way - had no problems at all mkfs/badblocking all the drives, so I doubt it. I'm seeing no errors during run, and I do hear them all spin up and all te LEDs light up when they're supposed to. On Thu, 21 Mar 2013, kelly wrote: > > Just a swag: Is the power supply up to the task? I have had a marginal > power supply have difficulty spinning up multiple drives on occasion (i.e. > boots fail sometimes). Might be a quick check if you have another to swap > in to test. > > Kelly > > Thu Mar 21 2013 12:41:46 PM CDT from "Yaron" > <tclug at freakzilla.com> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Software RAID > issues... > this is a brand new setup - brand new machine, brand new OS install, > brand > new RAID array and drives, so nothing can really be out of date (: > mdadm.conf does not have an "ARRAY" line, but from what I've heard it > doesn't need to have one. > > Like I said, you reboot enough times and it works fine. I really think > it's some kind of timing issue. I do hear the drives spin up and the > correct LEDs on the array box DO light up. I'm not seeing any error > messages, nor do I know where to look for them, is the problem. > > > --