From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dexter Filmore Subject: Re: softraid and multiple distros Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 20:00:56 +0200 Message-ID: <200605142000.56659.Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Hahn , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Am Sonntag, 14. Mai 2006 16:50 schrieben Sie: > > What do I need to do when I want to install a different distro on the > > machine with a raid5 array? > > Which files do I need? /etc/mdadm.conf? /etc/raittab? both? > > MD doesn't need any files to function, since it can auto-assemble > arrays based on their superblocks (for partition-type 0xfd). I see. Now an issue arises someone else here mentioned: My first attempt was to use the entire disks, then I was hinted that this approach wasn't too hot so I made partitions. Now the devices have all two superblocks, the one left from the first try which are now kinda orphaned and those now active. Can I trust mdadm to handle this properly on its own? Dex -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a- C+++(++++) UL+>++++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS++(+) PE(-) Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D G++ e* h>++ r%>* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.stop1984.com http://www.againsttcpa.com