also sprach lee <l...@yun.yagibdah.de> [2009.07.09.2204 +0200]: > -a, --auto{=no,yes,md,mdp,part,p}{NN} > Instruct mdadm to create the device file if needed, > possibly allocating an unused minor number. "md" causes > a non-partitionable array to be used. "mdp", "part" or > "p" causes a partitionable array (2.6 and later) to be > used. > " > > You can still decide if you want a partitionable or non-partitionable > RAID, thus not all RAIDs are partitionable since kernel > 2.6.29. Unfortunately, the man page doesn't seem to say what the > default is for the partitionability of the RAID.
mdadm has, uh, conservative maintenance. mdp is no longer needed. "non-partitionable" arrays will be partitionable with newer kernels. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madd...@d.o> Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isnt." -- mark twain
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