Re: Linux mdadm superblock question.

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

	Hello All ,

On Mon, 15 Feb 2010, Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > In Fedora 12, for example, Dracut tries to make the distinction between
> > whole RAID device and a partition device, and utterly fails -- often
> > resulting in data loss.
> i do not use Fedora/redhat and do not intent to ever try them again... still, 
> the point is valid
> > With a pointer to the beginning this would have been a trivial thing to
> > detect.
> >
> > IMO it would make sense to support autoassemble for 1.0 superblocks, and
> > making them the default.  The purpose would be to get everyone off 0.9.
> >  However, *any* default is better than 1.1.
> > 	-hpa
> As long is autodetect is supported in the kernel, i am willing to upgrade to 
> 1.0 superblocks. BUT i need the autodetect in the kernel, as i refuse to use 
> initrd for production servers.
> Cheers,
> Rudy
	I also have to agree with Rudy in this matter .

		Tia ,  JimL
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