On Thursday April 27, csmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Neil Brown wrote: > > The '-f' is meant to make this work. However it seems there is a bug. > > > > Could you please test this patch? It isn't exactly the right fix, but > > it definitely won't hurt. > > Thanks, Neil, I'll give this a go when I get home tonight. > > Is there any way to start an array without kicking off a rebuild ? echo 1 > /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/start_ro If you do this, then arrays will be read-only when they are started, and so will not do a rebuild. The first write request to the array (e.g. if you mount a filesystem) will cause a switch to read/write and any required rebuild will start. echo 0 > .... will revert the effect. This requires a reasonably recent kernel. 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
