Here we go: daniel@Lizzie:~$ sudo dmraid -ay -ddd -vvv 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 NOTICE: /dev/sdc: isw metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sdc: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: 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 NOTICE: /dev/sdb: isw metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sdb: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: 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 NOTICE: /dev/sda: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: via discovering DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa DEBUG: _find_set: not found isw_bhcifgjhfa DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0 DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0 DEBUG: _find_set: not found isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0 DEBUG: _find_set: not found isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0 DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 DEBUG: _find_set: not found isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 DEBUG: _find_set: not found isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 DEBUG: _find_set: not found isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 NOTICE: added /dev/sdc to RAID set "isw_bhcifgjhfa" DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa DEBUG: _find_set: found isw_bhcifgjhfa DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0 DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0 DEBUG: _find_set: found isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0 DEBUG: _find_set: found isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0 DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 DEBUG: _find_set: searching isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 DEBUG: _find_set: found isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 DEBUG: _find_set: found isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1 NOTICE: added /dev/sdb to RAID set "isw_bhcifgjhfa" DEBUG: checking isw device "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: checking isw device "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: set status of set "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0" to 16 DEBUG: checking isw device "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: checking isw device "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: set status of set "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1" to 16 RAID set "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0" was activated RAID set "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1" was not activated INFO: Activating GROUP raid set "isw_bhcifgjhfa" NOTICE: discovering partitions on "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0" NOTICE: /dev/mapper/isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0: dos discovering WARN: unlocking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0" DEBUG: freeing device "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0", path "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: freeing device "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume0", path "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1" DEBUG: freeing device "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1", path "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: freeing device "isw_bhcifgjhfa_Volume1", path "/dev/sdc" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "isw_bhcifgjhfa" DEBUG: freeing device "isw_bhcifgjhfa", path "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: freeing device "isw_bhcifgjhfa", path "/dev/sdc" As you can see, it always activate Volume0 (first RAID0) but not the second Volume1 (also RAID0)