On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 01:25:46PM +0100, Milan Broz wrote: > On 12/30/2012 01:08 PM, Sven Eschenberg wrote: > >> I also found that "wipefs" > >> does not remove matadata 0.90 signatures from md components (located > >> at the end. I still use them because I like kernel-level autodetection > >> and my arrays are small), also added warning about that. > > Usual util-linux maintainer response is "send a patch" :-) > > wipefs must work (e.g. anaconda installer depends on the proper sig. erase) > so it is a bug somewhere. > > Do you have reproducer? (only 0.9 metadata end-of-disk format?) Reproduce with (adjust loop2 and md12 numbers as needed): ------ head -c 1M /dev/zero > t losetup /dev/loop2 t mdadm --create --metadata=0.90 --force -l 1 -n 1 /dev/md12 /dev/loop2 mdadm --stop /dev/md12 mdadm --examine /dev/loop2 --> Raid componend with intact magic wipefs /dev/loop2 mdadm --examine /dev/loop2 --> same as above, RAID signature still there ------ Version (Debian stable): util-linux: 2.17.2-9 Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision. -- Bertrand Russell _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
