Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday October 21, stephane.bunel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> 0 8 0 0 active sync /dev/char/21:0 >> 1 8 16 1 active sync /dev/char/21:1 > What is a block device doing in /dev/char ??? There should only be > character devices in there. major 21 are usually SCSI generic devices (/dev/sg) and they are char... crw-rw---- 1 root root 21, 0 Oct 10 21:48 /dev/sg0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 21, 1 Oct 10 21:48 /dev/sg1 The question is, why do they appear at mdadm --detail regards Mario -- There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. -- Niels Bohr -- 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