I have an existing RAID array autostarting at /dev/md0 that I would like
to move to a different md device number for my organizational peace of
mind as I add another array or two.

For instance, I'd like to make my md0 array autostart at md2 instead of
md0 and then create two new arrays at md0 and md1 without losing any of
the data on the existing md0 array.

Can I do this by taking a current correct raidtab file, changing the
device specified there and just do a "mkraid --force"?

The man page for mkraid says that doing a "mkraid --force" will wipe
existing data but from reading posts on this list it seems to be the only
way to update the superblock information (which is where I would assume
the device reference is stored)

Sean

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