Laszlo Vecsey wrote:
> In the original docs or howtos, mention is made of being able to partition
> your /dev/sdx device first, or just using it as a raw device.. which is
> what I've done. Now that detection based on the partition type is
> available though, its a little unfortunate for those of us with raw
> devices.
>
> Isnt there room in the raid header for an additional flag to mark the
> 'partition' type? I realize this might require a 'mkraid --upgrade' to be
> run, but at least the 'partitions' could then be detected and then I could
> root automount more cleanly for example..
>
> Basically I'm suggesting an additional raid signature on each of
> the raid devices themselves.. or simply the detection of them.
Read your message - you are speaking of "raw-devices" for use in raid
arrays. Does it work like
/etc/raidtab:
...
device /dev/sdc (instead of /dev/sdc1, which is a partioned disk)
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdd (instead of ...)
raid-disk 1
?
Dietmar
