Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 10:53:51AM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote:
Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
This is intended for the linux raid howto. Please give comments.
It is not fully ready /keld

Howto prepare for a failing disk

6. /etc/mdadm.conf

Something here on /etc/mdadm.conf. What would be safe, allowing
a system to boot even if a disk has crashed?
Recommend PARTITIONS by used

Thanks Bill for your suggestions, which I have incorporated in the text.

However, I do not understand what to do with the remark above.
Please explain.

The mdadm.conf file should contain the "DEVICE partitions" statement to identify all possible partitions regardless of name changes. See "man mdadm.conf" for more discussion. This protects against udev doing something innovative in device naming.

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