Marking this invalid, because I decided to "not outsmart mdadm", but wait for sync, as Jools said. Just to be safe..
** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828421 Title: Create new RAID1 array without resync To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/+bug/828421/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs