Sorry to pose this question but a search through "man mdadm" the linux-raid archives and google didn't really get me a very satisfactory answer. I guess I'm accustomed to working on Linux systems with devfs. But now I had to upgrade to a distribution with udev. I didn't notice any issues with mdadm until today, when I was working on a server that was going to have two separate Software RAID-0 arrays (each striping two 3ware Hardware RAID-5s). Lo and behold, I got the "/dev/md1 doesn't exist" error when I tried to assemble /dev/md1. I see there is an mdadm --auto option now, but I don't feel confident I know how to use it. Can someone tell me the correct way to create or assemble an array with the --auto option? I don't want to do anything fancy. I don't need partitionable RAIDS. Do I HAVE to specify a device number? It would just be nice to have a couple of concrete examples of the proper syntax in "man mdadm" If you see this, Neil, I think you do a fantastic job. I'm sorry to ask this basic question, but just one example in the manual would be welcome. I am using mdadm 1.9.0 and don't see one. i.e, mdadm -Av -a1 --uuid=xxxxx /dev/sd* or mdadm -Av -a /dev/md1 --uuid=xxxxx /dev/sd* I'm not in the mood to guess... Thanks. Andy Liebman - 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
