> hint > echo DEVICE partitions >> /etc/mdadm.conf > mdadm -Esc partitions | grep ARRAY>> /etc/mdadm.conf > > >All md partitions are of type fd (Linux raid autodetect). > > > this is surprisingly not at all relevant I'm not sure about that. I've accidentally shuffled disks before, and 0xfd resulted in all the MD's coming to life again. I never use /etc/mdadm.conf, since there doesn't seem to be much point... regards, mark hahn. - 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