From: Richard Scobie <richard@sauce.co.nz>
To: Tim Bostrom <tbostrom@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: best practice when using removable drives and USB enclosure?
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:50:32 +1300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ADA11F8.90000@sauce.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2267211f0910162234s60f52e0pbf29b93bf7141da1@mail.gmail.com>
Tim Bostrom wrote:
> SO..... I don't anticipate changing drives in and out of the last two
> open slots of my USB enclosure, but what would be the best practice
> for making sure md1 comes up at boot all the time without having to
> manually go into mdadm.conf and modify it back to /dev/sdh1 and
> /dev/sdi1 when I put a drive in the open drive slots?
Just remove the devices= entry; it is redundent when you are using UUID's.
mdadm.conf
ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid5 num-devices=4
UUID=cdaba8bd:80943c6a:ab2fedca:3ef56cfb
ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2
UUID=649526d8:828a57b4:ab2fedca:3ef56cfb
Regards,
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-17 18:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-17 5:34 best practice when using removable drives and USB enclosure? Tim Bostrom
2009-10-17 8:34 ` Justin Piszcz
2009-10-17 9:42 ` Majed B.
2009-10-17 18:50 ` Richard Scobie [this message]
2009-10-17 19:09 ` Tim Bostrom
2009-10-18 12:26 ` adfas asd
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