Greg Oster wrote: >> And wouldn't it be nice to fix RAIDframe, so that a >> previous /dev/raid1 is automatically configured as /dev/raid0 again, >> when raid0 does not exist in the system? Or doesn't that make sense >> for some reason? > > Imagine a system where /dev/raid0a is /, /dev/raid1e is /tmp, > and /dev/raid2e is /bigdatabase. Further, suppose that raid1 'goes > away', and that now /dev/raid2e is magically configured as /dev/raid1e. > What happens on boot when /tmp is cleared, given that /etc/fstab hasn't > changed to reflect the new location of /bigdatabase?
Ok, that's a valid reason. You really don't want that to happen. ;) > I agree that it'd be nice to have an IOCTL for raidctl to change which > device a RAID set will show up as on next reboot... It's not that hard > to do -- just requires time to do a little coding. Yes. I already had a look into the code myself. You only have to change the last_unit field in the ComponentLabel? And add a new option for raidctl? -- Frank Wille
