From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Rabbitson Subject: question about --assume-clean Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:40:42 +0200 Message-ID: <466AE61A.1000107@rabbit.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Hi, I am about to create a large raid10 array, and I know for a fact that all the components are identical (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdXY). Is it safe to pass --assume-clean and spare 6 hours of reconstruction, or are there some hidden dangers in doing so? Thanks Peter