On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, Mitchell Laks wrote: > So I have to compile my own 2.6.15 kernel. So what version of mdadm do I use? > How shall I install it? I'm using a stock (www.kernel.org) 2.6.15 kernel on several Debian Sarge servers and just using the debian packaged mdadm. Seems to work OK. > Does it make sense to simply compile mdadm 2.2 and replace /sbin/mdadm with > the new version?????? How can I get the best recent mdadm? I am using raid1. Personally, I'd say don't upgrade unless you actually need the features of the latest & gratest.... Debian sarge ships with 1.9.0: eagle:~# uname -a Linux eagle 2.6.15 #1 PREEMPT Sat Jan 21 15:59:40 GMT 2006 i686 GNU/Linux eagle:~# mdadm --version mdadm - v1.9.0 - 04 February 2005 eagle:~# dpkg -l | fgrep mdadm ii mdadm 1.9.0-4sarge1 Manage MD devices aka Linux Software Raid Gordon - 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