This is an automatically generated mail message from mdadm running on baron A Fail event had been detected on md device /dev/md1. It could be related to component device /dev/sdb2. Faithfully yours, etc. P.S. The /proc/mdstat file currently contains the following: Personalities : [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md1 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[2](F) 2104448 blocks [2/1] [U_] md2 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1] 726266432 blocks [2/2] [UU] md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[2](F) 4200896 blocks [2/1] [U_] unused devices: <none>