From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dexter Filmore Subject: Re: softraid and multiple distros Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:16:00 +0200 Message-ID: <200605161216.00477.Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de> References: <200605151454.27974.Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de> <17512.64468.813293.673836@cse.unsw.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <17512.64468.813293.673836@cse.unsw.edu.au> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Neil Brown , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids > An alternative is to use the --size option of mdadm to make the array > slightly smaller than the smallest drive. timtowtdi, as usual > > > However as you should be listing the uuids in /etc/mdadm.conf, any > > Umm... yeah, should I? > What else would you use to uniquely identify the arrays? Not device > names I hope. Right now all that's in mdadm.conf is: DEVICE /dev/sd[abcd]1 ARRAY /dev/md0 devices=/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc1,/dev/sdd1 MAILADDR root@localhost Something important missing..? > > Should get me some sedatives for the day when this all explodes :P > > Just make sure it happens on your day off, then someone else will > need the sedatives :-) Yeah, the landlord. -- -----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