> "--assemble" does not need drives to be specified in the correct order, > but "--create" on an existing array will be destructive on existing data > unless drives are specified in the same order as before. Poor wording on my part. Yes I tried to assemble the array several times under Fedora 12 and Knoppix 6.2. It would not start so then I tried the create. Either way the data is gone and that answers my question. Thank you -- 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