> also, is there any way with mdadm to create a raid device that does not > have persistent superblock? with raidtools there is a flag to indicate > whether you want a persistent superblock. man mdadm -B, --build Build a legacy array without superblocks. -jim - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html