Neil Brown (neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au) wrote on 26 February 2002 07:39: >> Is there a syntax where we can specify the partitions, and it >> discovers the order by itself??? > >Yes. just list the partitions: > mdctl -Avf /dev/md2 /dev/partition /dev/otherpartition etc.... Worked!! I just used the run command issued by the kernel and mdctl started the array! Thanks a lot for the help and mdctl, it did save a grad student who had accidentally removed all her files. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html