From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Keld =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rn?= Simonsen Subject: Re: auto-assembling arrays without a configuration file Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:49:07 +0100 Message-ID: <20080308104907.GA16373@rap.rap.dk> References: <20080308004009.GA32251@rap.rap.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080308004009.GA32251@rap.rap.dk> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 01:40:09AM +0100, Keld J=F8rn Simonsen wrote: > I want to assemble the root partition automatically, without having=20 > a configuration file. Is that possible?=20 >=20 > mdadm -A --scan=20 >=20 > does seem to require a configuration file. >=20 > 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=20 mdadm -A --scan --config partitions But it did not work, error message something like raid array not found. Best regards keld -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html