On Saturday December 3, aab@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > In mail.linux.raid I write: > > >Other than the superblocks, does 'mdadm --create' harm existing data? > > It would seem not according to this test: If resync starts (as it normally does with mdadm --create), and if you assembled the array 'wrongly', then you could possibly corrupt data. If you want to be cautious, always create the array degraded (with a suitable number of 'missing' entries). Then you can be sure that only the superblocks will be changed. NeilBrown - 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
