Re: auto-assembling arrays without a configuration file

["Keld Jørn Simonsen" <keld@dkuug.dk>]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 01:40:09AM +0100, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> I want to assemble the root partition automatically, without having 
> a configuration file. Is that possible? 
> 
> mdadm -A --scan 
> 
> does seem to require a configuration file.
> 
> On the other hand, I think all info needed is available in the super
> blocks, and a traversal of the partitions present on the system (ala
> fdisk -l) could give consistent naming - there seems to be no /dev/md
> association available in the superblock.

I tried 

mdadm -A --scan  --config partitions

But it did not work, error message something like raid array not found.

Best regards
keld
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