On Tuesday February 10, mikepery@fscked.org wrote:
I concur. The manpages really should clear up that raidhotadd (and mdadm
-a) only add spares. And they should further clarify that spares are
essentially useless and lie dormant.. The names of these
commands/options are very deceptive to the new user...
Patches are more that welcome.
It is very hard for someone how knows the system "inside-out" to see
which areas aren't explained well.
NeilBrown
Thus spake Neil Brown (neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au):
On Tuesday February 10, mikepery@fscked.org wrote:
quoted
I concur. The manpages really should clear up that raidhotadd (and mdadm
-a) only add spares. And they should further clarify that spares are
essentially useless and lie dormant.. The names of these
commands/options are very deceptive to the new user...
Patches are more that welcome.
Is there a preferred version/cvs repository that I should diff against? The
raidtools are kinda helter-skelter in their net presence, it seems..
It is very hard for someone how knows the system "inside-out" to see
which areas aren't explained well.
Heh, ok. I'll put it on the TODO pile.
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Mike Perry
Mad Computer Scientist
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