Hi, >>> I definitely suggest you make a backup of each device superblock and >>> distribute it somewhere safe in the unlikely event two devices in a >>> mirrored array stop cooperating. The superblocks do come in handy from >>> time to time when they can't be acquired once problems happen. >> >> Do you have any suggestions on how to do this? > > mdadm -E for each device, and point it to a file using >> - for the > purposes of the backup you could write all devices to one file, it's > up to you. Ah, I thought you were referring to actually storing information from the disk itself, such as the bootsector or MBR, not just a list of the partition info. There's also a great resource on recovering a failed array here: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID_Recovery Thanks, Alex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
