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On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 20:49:59 CET, f-dm-c@media.mit.edu wrote:
>     > Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 17:48:22 +0100
>     > From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
> 
>     > I like the end, because it is clear and far away. It is also what
>     > md-RAID for superblock 0.90 does.
> 
> Doesn't that increase the chances of mdraid 0.90 stepping on your own
> "far away" header?

Not really. Or rather the 1.x formats also do beginning 
and 4k from beginning, so there is no way avoiding the 
risk anyways.

Regards,
Arno
 
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