Theoretically write-intent is optional, so if it fails it would be possible to simply discard it and continue. But I have seen statement that if external write-intent bitmap file is not available at time of assembly, starting of array fails. Thank you for clarification. -andrei -- 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