Dear Andreas, In message <20160516102418.GA2347@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:06:42PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > > Hm... is --data-offset the only parameter I can play with? > > There is also --layout= The output of the initial create command was mdadm: layout defaults to left-symmetric mdadm: size set to 976762448K mdadm: array /dev/md2 started. so this should be known... Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@xxxxxxx I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers. -- 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