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| author | martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> | 2009-05-13 10:00:34 +0200 |
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| committer | martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> | 2009-05-13 10:04:55 +0200 |
| commit | e6f22428f76e8b44980d157dbf34336369cba113 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e3331bf62014bb968a18bdcf1a6465e5d2f54c1 /debian/FAQ | |
| parent | f60832d4b6585f951e46b602de1df5cbc77b97b6 (diff) | |
update info about partitionable arrays
Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'debian/FAQ')
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/FAQ | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -333,16 +333,19 @@ The latest version of this FAQ is available here: 13. Can a MD array be partitioned? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - For a MD array to be able to hold partitions, it must be created as - a "partitionable array", using the configuration auto=part on the command - line or in the configuration file, or by using the standard naming scheme - (md_d* or md/d*) for partitionable arrays: + Since kernel 2.6.28, MD arrays can be partitioned like any other block + device. + + Prior to 2.6.28, for a MD array to be able to hold partitions, it must be + created as a "partitionable array", using the configuration auto=part on the + command line or in the configuration file, or by using the standard naming + scheme (md_d* or md/d*) for partitionable arrays: mdadm --create --auto=yes ... /dev/md_d0 ... # see mdadm(8) manpage about the values of the --auto keyword -14. When would I use partitionable arrays? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +14. When would I partition an array? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This answer by Doug Ledford is shamelessly adapted from [0] (with permission): |