On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Ok. That still doesn't address why different commands in mdadm >> generate different numbering schemes. > > The answer to that is technical implementation details. <snip> Ok, that's clear now. >> How do I change the name= spec'n? ... ... > So, if the name= > option is in your mdadm.conf ARRAY line for the array, then changing the > name of the array will require that you do everything I listed above to > update the mdadm.conf file in your mkinitrds and such or else the system > won't boot after you update the name in the superblock. One last thing, > if this is a / array, then since the only way to update the name is > during assembly, you would have to boot the system from rescue CD and > assemble the array by hand, or else modify the init script in an initrd > image to do the update for you. Neither of which is a necessarily easy > task if you don't know what you are doing. Whew. Messy, but once again clear. Thanks for the help. BenDJ -- 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
