On June 28, ken@ineffable.com wrote: > > > > > > set "/dev/md2" > > > [ -b "$1" ] || set "/dev/md/2" > > > mdadm --assemble --run --scan "$1" > > > > This bit of code is silly. If it chooses "/dev/md/2", then it > > won't find a match in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf and wont do anything > > useful. > > Why not just: > > mdadm --assemble --scan > > I understand that it may seem silly, but it makes plenty of sense when > you consider that it is generated by mkinitrd which is ended to be of > general use. Unfortunately you are seeing this out of context as this > script is told whether or not devfs is in use or not. I gather the mdadm.conf is also autogenerated to make... fair enough then. > > I don't need --run? The man page seems to imply that --run is needed if > you want to start a degraded array. --run is only needed when starting things "manually". In this context --scan implied --run. NeilBrown - 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
