Jeffrey Ross wrote:

David Greaves wrote:

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I have verified the contents of the
/etc/mdadm.conf file that the UUID's are correct
    

Which mdadm.conf? The one on /dev/md6?
Youy need to check/update the one in the initrd.

Shouldn't have changed though unless you did a rebuild or something.
  

uh... you nailed it... the mdadm.conf in the initrd (which I didn't 
realize existed) was out of sync with the /etc/mdadm.conf and had the 
incorrect UUID numbers.  I had mistakenly updated it installed a 
kernel update then realized it was wrong corrected it back but didn't 
rebuild the initrd file.

I suggested that the config in the initrd was wrong in the same post 
which suggested that you ask in linux-raid. In the previous sentence, as 
a matter of fact.

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What has changed?  Not 100% sure, I have installed a handful of new
patches recently since the last reboot and unfortunately I don't know
which ones so there are a lot of possibilities.
    

OK
Kernel patches? Or rpms?
  

The answer is yes to both, but obviously it was due to my (incorrect) 
tinkering.

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David

  

Thank you again... its always nice to learn something new about the 
system.

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