I backuped ALL , almost 3TB. I tryed test on CentOS again. Oh, sorry > everyone. on CentOS . I misread message size. CentOS had initialized only 0.3GB (2nd array 2.5TB). CentOS initialized only 286079MB on 2.5TB. every linux have same situations for me. I paste dmraid -ay -vvv -d pdc_cdfjcjhfhe :1st array 2.0TB pdc_cdgjdcefic :2nd array 2.5TB sudo dmraid -ay -vvv -d (ubuntu 10.4 x64) WARN: locking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock NOTICE: /dev/sdc: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: ddf1 discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: isw discovering DEBUG: not isw at 1500301908992 DEBUG: isw trying hard coded -2115 offset. DEBUG: not isw at 1500300827136 NOTICE: /dev/sdc: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: pdc metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sdc: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: ddf1 discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: isw discovering DEBUG: not isw at 1500301908992 DEBUG: isw trying hard coded -2115 offset. DEBUG: not isw at 1500300827136 NOTICE: /dev/sda: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: pdc metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sda: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: ddf1 discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: isw discovering DEBUG: not isw at 1500301908992 DEBUG: isw trying hard coded -2115 offset. DEBUG: not isw at 1500300827136 NOTICE: /dev/sdb: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: pdc metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sdb: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: via discovering DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdgjdcefic NOTICE: added /dev/sdc to RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: found pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: found pdc_cdgjdcefic NOTICE: added /dev/sda to RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: found pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdgjdcefic DEBUG: _find_set: found pdc_cdgjdcefic NOTICE: added /dev/sdb to RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sda" DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: set status of set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" to 16 DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sda" DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: set status of set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" to 16 DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sda" DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: set status of set "pdc_cdgjdcefic" to 16 DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sda" DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: checking pdc device "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: set status of set "pdc_cdgjdcefic" to 16 RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" already active INFO: Activating stripe raid set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" RAID set "pdc_cdgjdcefic" already active INFO: Activating stripe raid set "pdc_cdgjdcefic" NOTICE: discovering partitions on "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" NOTICE: /dev/mapper/pdc_cdfjcjhfhe: dos discovering NOTICE: /dev/mapper/pdc_cdfjcjhfhe: dos metadata discovered DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe1 DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe1 DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe2 DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe2 DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe5 DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe5 DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe6 DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe6 DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe7 DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe7 DEBUG: _find_set: searching pdc_cdfjcjhfhe8 DEBUG: _find_set: not found pdc_cdfjcjhfhe8 NOTICE: created partitioned RAID set(s) for /dev/mapper/pdc_cdfjcjhfhe NOTICE: discovering partitions on "pdc_cdgjdcefic" NOTICE: /dev/mapper/pdc_cdgjdcefic: dos discovering NOTICE: /dev/mapper/pdc_cdgjdcefic: dos metadata discovered NOTICE: created partitioned RAID set(s) for /dev/mapper/pdc_cdgjdcefic RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe1" already active INFO: Activating partition raid set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe1" RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe2" already active INFO: Activating partition raid set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe2" RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe5" already active INFO: Activating partition raid set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe5" RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe6" already active INFO: Activating partition raid set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe6" RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe7" already active INFO: Activating partition raid set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe7" RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe8" already active INFO: Activating partition raid set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe8" WARN: unlocking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe", path "/dev/sda" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe", path "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe", path "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "pdc_cdgjdcefic" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdgjdcefic", path "/dev/sda" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdgjdcefic", path "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdgjdcefic", path "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe1" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe1", path "/dev/mapper/pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe2" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe2", path "/dev/mapper/pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe5" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe5", path "/dev/mapper/pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe6" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe6", path "/dev/mapper/pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe7" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe7", path "/dev/mapper/pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe8" DEBUG: freeing device "pdc_cdfjcjhfhe8", path "/dev/mapper/pdc_cdfjcjhfhe" end: thank you all. and sorry that I misread about CentOS install message.