Tom H wrote: > The lenny box is using metadata v0.9 and there is a "(local to...)" on > the UUID line. It was created without specifying either "--homehost=" > or "--name=" when running "mdadm --create" on a running system (using > the standard "sfdisk -d ... | sfdisk ..." and "mdadm --create ...", > etc).
Well... You didn't add those options to the command line but you did set up HOMEHOST in your configuration file, right? (That is how I read the thread.) In which case the options were very likely added for you automatically because you had the HOMEHOST set in your file. That is what I am deducing from this discussion. That having HOMEHOST set in the mdadm.conf file causes that behavior. > The squeeze box is using metadata v1.2 and there is a name line with > "(local to host...)" both for an array created by the installer and an > array created without specifying either "--homehost=" or "--name=" > when running "mdadm --create ...". > > So I have no idea why your output doesn't show "(local to host...)"! I think it is because I never set HOMEHOST in the configuration file. (Actually when I created that machine I did so using the debian-installer and so rather I should say that the d-i didn't set that configuration. But looking now at other arrays that I set up manually I see the same thing. So it isn't d-i magic.) Next time you set up a raid machine try an experiment and avoid setting up HOMEHOST as well. Instead use the debian-installer from an official cdrom to set up the raid and then examine the result. Since that is how my data was produced I think you should get the same result. At that point I hadn't had any opportunity to customize the machine yet. It was just installed and configured from a pristine d-i install. And also try setting up an array manually but without having HOMEHOST set in the configuration file. Bob
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