On 10 Mar 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an installer (http://sourceforge.net/projects/terraformix/) that
> creates Raid 1 arrays, previously the arrays were created with mkraid
> using the --dangerous-no-resync option. I am now required to build the
> arrays with mdadm and have the following questions ;
>
> 1) Is there an equivalent of --dangerous-no-resync in mdadm ?
>
> 2) Can I just go ahead and install onto a newly created RAID 1 array
> without waiting for it to resync ?
Yes.
> 3) Can I just go ahead and install onto a newly created RAID 5 array
> without waiting for it to resync ?
Yes.
Also, you can happily reboot while the resync is no progress with the
full expectation that it will work correctly -- assemble, then take up
the resync process again -- when your machine restarts.
I have had no problems with this at all, despite doing a large number of
installs onto both of those RAID levels.
Also, the Debian installer for testing/unstable makes the assumption
that this will "just work" in the RAID component -- at least, in so far
as not taking any special care to avoid rebooting during the resync
process.
Regards,
Daniel
--
A large number of installed systems work by fiat.
That is, they work by being declared to work.
-- Anatol Holt
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