Thanks, Leslie, Leslie Rhorer wrote on Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 03:03:39PM -0600: > > > Can I read that array if I ever connect the machine to an older > > kernel/mdadm? > > That depends on just how old. The new superblocks have been > supported for quite some time. Worst case you will need to upgrade the old > kernel to a newer one. Is mdadm actually involved? If I have a new enough kernel but an old mdadm, will the kernel code alone be enough to start the array? I guess it should since it can start the arrays at boot time with no mdadm involved. Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <cracauer@xxxxxxxx> http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ -- 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