This is for the raid gurus. I managed to cause a raid 1 array to come 
undone -- this is most likely applicable to any type of raid.

kernel 2.2.16 stock from kernel.org
matching raid 0.90 patch
matching ide patch, but I don't believe any code from this involved

abit BP6 mbrd 2x celron 500 -- don't think it matters

2 Seagate Barracuda's ST330630A ide drives
one on ide1 as master
one on ide2 as SLAVE  <--

The ide2 primary is occupied by a zip drive that is rarely used

the GOTCHA

I accidentally typed in 
mount /dev/fd1 /mnt
when I meant /dev/fd0

this immediately zapped the ide2 channel since the zip drive uses a 
modified version of the floppy driver. this code probably contains no 
fail safe mechanism and promptly disabled the entire ide channel. I 
had to kill the mount process to free it.

Maybe there is no workaround for this kind of error, but it sure 
messes things up quick. I would imagine this would cause problems in 
all kernels including 2.4xx. I'd be curious if this kind of problem 
exists with a scsii connected zip drive.

Michael
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