On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:52 AM, martin f krafft <madd...@debian.org> wrote: > also sprach Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> [2011.06.26.2328 +0200]: >> >> "mdadm --examine /dev/sda1" returns mdadm UUIDs of the array and >> the partition. (I've never seen the mdadm UUID of a partition be >> used for anything. Can an array be assembled by referring to an >> mdadm UUID of a partition to add a partition? Would it make any >> sense?!) > > Partitions do not have UUIDs. What you are seeing are the MD UUIDs > stored in the superblock of the sda1 device.
I called them "mdadm UUIDs" rather than "MD UUIDs" but they definitely exist, are different from the "MD Array UUID", and, AFAIK, unused by the user tools. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTim1b7Lr2=onrtnj9npcgb3orve...@mail.gmail.com
