SW RAID 1 (install) problem on FC3

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 17:37:57 -0400,
  "Michael J. Pawlowsky" <mikep at mi-consultants.com> wrote:
> I did not keep the posts but just looked on the web at the replies.
> 
> You know what it sounds like...  It sounds like one of your drives may 
> be screwed.
> 
> I had that happend to me. It would try to sync up...  get about 75% done 
> than give an error and re-try from the beginning again.
> After looking at the SMART info I saw a bunch of errors. I returned the 
> drive to the manufacturer and they confirmed the errors and sent me back 
> a new one right away.

I have been in that situation before. I had developed bad sectors on both
drives and when one failed the array couldb't be rebuilt. The drives
won't remap bad sectors unless it either gets a good read or you rewrite
the sector. I was able to copy over sectors between drives using dd and
was able to recover from the situation.