Hi guys, I am trying to find a way to make mdadm create /dev/md/<devicename> instead of /dev/mdnn only. I found it seems possible from the manual of mdadm(http://linux.die.net/man/8/mdadm). It said: If the md device name is in a 'standard' format as described in DEVICE NAMES, then it will be created, if necessary, with the appropriate device number based on that name. If the device name is not in one of these formats, then a unused device number will be allocated. The device number will be considered unused if there is no active array for that number, and there is no entry in /dev for that number and with a non-standard name. Names that are not in 'standard' format are only allowed in "/dev/md/". I tried to create a raid using: # mdadm --create device-123 --verbose --level=mirror --raid-devices=2 --name=device-123 /dev/sda /dev/sdb mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata mdadm: array /dev/md/device-123 started. But what I got in the end is only /dev/md127. The directory of /dev/md/ doesn't exist. Though the detail showed the correct name # mdadm --detail --scan ARRAY /dev/md127 metadata=1.2 name=98abb2346b83:device-123 UUID=6a31df29:adec4bff:e8867610:c0e10723 It's much more convenient if I could use the name of /dev/md/device-123 instead of /dev/md127. I've tried google for hours without success. # mdadm --version mdadm - v3.3 - 3rd September 2013 If anyone can shed some light on it, I would be appreciate! Thanks! --Sheng -- 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
