Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:20:05 +0100 | From | Rudy Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: Linux mdadm superblock question. |
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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
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