On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 03:05:47PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 17.06.2009 at 10:52:05 +0200, Stefan Unterweger <ste...@rg-me.it> > wrote: > > I am considering patching rc(8) and commenting out the `raidctl > > -P all` line, and running it via cron(8) at "@reboot", but this > > seems like a hack to me. So before I venture that way, I'd rather > > make sure I didn't overlook a switch or option or anything of the > > like that would make `raidctl -P` return immediately while > > continuing the rewriting in the background, so that rc would > > continue it's work. > > I'm not sure that I understand you correctly, and don't want to make a > statement about the merit of having raidctl running in the background > while already operating again, but what about having > > raidctl -P all & > > in /etc/rc?
IIRC that works just fine if you are willing to take the risk of getting a broken raid in the event of a crash / power outage during the backgrounded parity re-write. > > -- > Kind regards, > --Toni++ -- / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
