On 01/20/2013 12:51 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: >> Hope this clarifies. You don't need this script if your OS always >> finds >> your spares and adds them automatically to your arrays. Mine doesn't. > > Really, if md 'forgets' a spare on reboot, that's a bug and should be reported. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=mdadm+does+not+add+spares+on+boot First hit. root@zotac:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 Codename: oneiric root@zotac:~# uname -a Linux zotac 3.0.0-30-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 2 23:16:29 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@zotac:~# mdadm -V mdadm - v3.1.4 - 31st August 2010 -- 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