On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:52 AM, martin f krafft <[email protected]> wrote: > also sprach Tom H <[email protected]> [2011.06.26.2328 +0200]: >> >> "mdadm --examine /dev/sda1" returns mdadm UUIDs of the array and >> the partition. (I've never seen the mdadm UUID of a partition be >> used for anything. Can an array be assembled by referring to an >> mdadm UUID of a partition to add a partition? Would it make any >> sense?!) > > Partitions do not have UUIDs. What you are seeing are the MD UUIDs > stored in the superblock of the sda1 device.
I called them "mdadm UUIDs" rather than "MD UUIDs" but they definitely exist, are different from the "MD Array UUID", and, AFAIK, unused by the user tools. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
