To better cooperate with various initrd and recovery cd you should probably use a numeric only array name, as well as the /dev/mdX numbering scheme. You should read the manuals more carefully, it is possible to update the name and/or homehost name for arrays DURING ASSEMBLY using the update option, hence my reference to the manual. -- 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