Michael Tokarev [off-list ref] writes:

What's wrong with using kernel command-line for raid - e.g.
 linux md=2,/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc1
etc ?  No need for autodetection and no need for initrd.
Works here like a charm (2.4.x kernels, 2.2 has no such
option).

When you remove or exchange drives this is not nice. And I have six
disks in a set. I have a preliminary patch (posted in another message)
but now I have other transition problems 2.2.17->2.4.19-rc3. Once
these are resolved and I have the system working with 2.4.19, I am
going to think about a nice long-term solution.

Thanks,
Hein