From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: CaT Subject: Re: 2+ raid sets, sata and a missing hd question Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:02:56 +1100 Message-ID: <20060215100256.GE8282@zip.com.au> References: <20060215024521.GD8282@zip.com.au> <20060215065028.GA2452@percy.comedia.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060215065028.GA2452@percy.comedia.it> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 07:50:28AM +0100, Luca Berra wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 01:45:21PM +1100, CaT wrote: > >Seeing as how SATA drives can move around if one removes one from a set > >(ie given sda, sdb, sdc, if sdb was removed sdc drops to sdb) would md6 > >come back up without problems if I were to remove either sda or sdb. > > if you configured mdadm correctly, you will have no problem :) > > hint > echo DEVICE partitions >> /etc/mdadm.conf > mdadm -Esc partitions | grep ARRAY>> /etc/mdadm.conf So the md5 array will reconstruct itself after initial bootup where the kernel reconstructs the raid1 (as well as it can) for booting? > >All md partitions are of type fd (Linux raid autodetect). > > this is surprisingly not at all relevant Awww. But I like it when the kernel just, well, does it all and makes it all ready. :) -- "To the extent that we overreact, we proffer the terrorists the greatest tribute." - High Court Judge Michael Kirby