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md: could not bd_claim hda2
md: error, md_import_device() returned -16
mdadm hot add failed for /dev/hda2 Invalid argument

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Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1          13      104391   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hda2              14        4611    36933435   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hda3            4612        4865     2040255   fd  Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/hdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 155061 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1   *           1         208      104391   fd  Linux raid autodetect
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hdc2             208       73488    36933435   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdc3           73488       77536     2040255   fd  Linux raid autodetect

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sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk /dev/hdc

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parted /dev/hdc
GNU Parted 1.6.9
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Using /dev/hdc
Warning: Unable to align partition properly.  This probably means that another
partitioning tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it didn't have
the correct BIOS geometry.  It is safe to ignore,but ignoring may cause
(fixable) problems with some boot loaders.
Ignore/Cancel? i                                                          
(parted) print                                                            
Disk geometry for /dev/hdc: 0.000-76319.085 megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
Minor    Start       End     Type      Filesystem  Flags
1          0.031    101.975  primary   ext3        boot, raid
2        101.975  36169.782  primary   ext3        raid
3      36169.783  38162.219  primary   linux-swap  raid