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<p>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.</p>
<p>Kelly</p>
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<div class="message_header"><span>Thu Mar 21 2013 12:41:46 PM CDT</span> <span>from "Yaron" <tclug@freakzilla.com> </span> <span class="message_subject">Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Software RAID issues...</span></div>
<div class="message_content"><tt>this is a brand new setup - brand new machine, brand new OS install, brand </tt><br /> <tt>new RAID array and drives, so nothing can really be out of date (: </tt><br /> <tt>mdadm.conf does not have an "ARRAY" line, but from what I've heard it </tt><br /> <tt>doesn't need to have one.</tt><br /> <tt></tt><br /> <tt>Like I said, you reboot enough times and it works fine. I really think </tt><br /> <tt>it's some kind of timing issue. I do hear the drives spin up and the </tt><br /> <tt>correct LEDs on the array box DO light up. I'm not seeing any error </tt><br /> <tt>messages, nor do I know where to look for them, is the problem.</tt><br /> <tt></tt><br /> <tt></tt></div>
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