Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:08:32 +1300
From: martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
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Subject: Re: Linux mdadm superblock question.
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also sprach Gabor Gombas <gombasg@digikabel.hu> [2010.02.15.1028 +1300]:
> There is no autodetection with 1.1. Once you have mdadm.conf you have
> pretty hard rules about what to look for and how to assemble it - ie.
> there is not much left to "auto" detect. Real autodetection would mean
> there is _no_ such information available, and you figure out everything
> by just looking at the devices you find.

Which, coincidentally, is where we're heading with incremental
assembly. Check the Debian experimental package if you want to try.

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