Re: [PROBLEM] Can't start MD devices by using /dev/disk/by-id

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Patrick Ale wrote:
> Hi chaps,
> 
> I just came home, rebooted my box to git8 and *gasp* a problem :)
> 
> I can't start my MD devices anymore by defining /dev/disk/by-id/*
> devices in /etc/mdadm.conf.
> 
> When I do a: mdadm --assemble /dev/md/1 it tells me "No devices found
> for /dev/md/1"
> When I edit the file /etc/mdadm.conf and change the /dev/disk/by-id/*
> to whatever the symbolic links points to in the /dev directory, it
> does work.
> 
Just out of curiosity, why did you do this in such a manual way instead 
of just using the UUID? I would think every time you replace a failed 
drive you would have to go edit the files all over again.

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