> > Any idea on my original question? If I re-add the drive > using the /dev/sdc name will I have problems on the next boot > when the drive is named /dev/sda? > > Based on my experience with Linux and other software raid > implementations, I'm strongly inclined to think that the > device naming doesn't matter - the system will scan the > drives at boot looking for raid sets and re-assemble them no > matter what major and minor numbers or device names are. I'm > not opposed to finding out the hard way but I'd really like > to get a definitive answer now because by the time this > system is next rebooted I'll probably have long forgotten about this. > Not an expert in any sense of the word, but if the array is being identified by its UUID and not by a specific list of devices in mdadm.conf, then the array should assemble fine after a reboot with the device names having changed. I recently had a similar situation where I added a new PCI-E x1 2 port SATA II card, which promptly pushed all my other sdx devices down two places. The raid mounted as expected and all was/is wonderful. Hope this helps, Steve. -- 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
