--- 2_6_3_rc2/drivers/md/md.c.PRISTINE	Mon Feb 23 11:01:57 2004
+++ 2_6_3_rc2/drivers/md/md.c	Mon Feb 23 11:29:10 2004
@@ -2365,7 +2365,12 @@ static int hot_add_disk(mddev_t * mddev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	rdev->sb_offset = calc_dev_sboffset(rdev->bdev);
+	if (mddev->persistent)
+		rdev->sb_offset = calc_dev_sboffset(rdev->bdev);
+	else
+		rdev->sb_offset = rdev->bdev->bd_inode->i_size
+							>> BLOCK_SIZE_BITS;
+
 	size = calc_dev_size(rdev, mddev->chunk_size);
 	rdev->size = size;