Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] raid device scan at boot

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

On Fri, November 17, 2006 10:19, Bruce Smith wrote:
>>>>> In new version of devil linux there is a raid device (/dev/mdm)
>>>>> scan that burn about 2 minutes at every boot.
>>>>>
>>>>> i've not aver raid device, can i disable it   ?
>>>>
>>>> Create an empty file /etc/mdadm.conf , this will disable the
>>>> automatic search for raid devices.
>>>
>>> Should we add an empty mdadm.conf file in our default etc.tar.bz2?
>>>
>>
>> No, because the auto-detection of raid devices should be the prefered
>> solution. It seems to work fine for the majority of the users.
>>
>
> Wouldn't someone have to create their own mdadm.conf if they wanted
> software raid?
>
> Or, are you saying if the file doesn't exit, it auto-detects?

Yes correct, file doesn't exist means auto-detect.

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