Re: mdadm usage: creating arrays with helpful names?

2007-06-28 Thread David Greaves
(back on list for google's benefit ;) and because there are some good questions and I don't know all the answers... ) Oh, and Neil 'cos there may be a bug ... Richard Michael wrote: On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 08:49:22AM +0100, David Greaves wrote:

Re: mdadm usage: creating arrays with helpful names?

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Michael
On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 09:12:56AM +0100, David Greaves wrote: (back on list for google's benefit ;) and because there are some good questions and I don't know all the answers... ) Thanks, I didn't realize I didn't 'reply-all' to stay on the list. Hopefully it will snowball as people who use

Re: mdadm usage: creating arrays with helpful names?

2007-06-27 Thread David Greaves
Richard Michael wrote: How do I create an array with a helpful name? i.e. /dev/md/storage? The mdadm man page hints at this in the discussion of the --auto option in the ASSEMBLE MODE section, but doesn't clearly indicate how it's done. Must I create the device nodes by hand first using