On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 01:05:44PM +1000, Neil Brown wrote:

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However it is quite possible to assemble V1.x arrays using mdadm in an
initrd.  This is the preferred method.

I wasn't aware there's a "preferred method" to assembling an
array at boot time.  Could you please elaborate as to why
assembling in user space would be better? (besides having the
ability to assemble non 0.9 metadata)

Just curious :-)

Bryan