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+.\"
+.\" This man page writeen aug 13 3004 by Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net>
+.\" This template provided by Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>.
+.\" 
+.TH MDRUN 8 
+.SH NAME
+mdrun \- autodetect and activate all raid partitions
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+mdrun detects all (or named) raid partitions and activates them.
+
+Without arguments: autodetect all RAID partitions and activate MDs.
+.PP
+.B mdrun
+.B LIST
+.PP
+.B mdrun
+[
+.I DEVDIR
+]
+.I NUMBER UUID
+[
+.I NUMBER UUID ...
+]
+.SH WARNING
+mdrun has been deprecated on Debian. Please use
+.B mdadm
+instead. You can find information on how to use and configure
+.B mdadm
+in the 
+.BR mdadm(8)
+and
+.BR mdadm.conf(5)
+manpages
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B LIST
+lists all raids in the syntax needed for the number uuid pairs the alternative syntax accepts.
+.TP
+.I DEVDIR
+An optional override for the /dev directory.
+.TP
+.I NUMBER UUID
+pairs of number, uuids that define a md element to run. number comes from /dev/md/*.
+.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+Nothing is displayed and mdrun returns 0 on success.
+.SH ERRORS
+On error, non-zero is returned, and a diagnostic string is printed.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+mdrun.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+MORERAIDVOLUMES (list of strings) : additional raid disks to scan, eg. loop devices.
+.SH NOTES
+If the first argument is a directory, it will be used as a writeable temporary directory for device nodes. 
+mdrun needs mknod to create them on-the-fly.
+.SH CAVEATS
+Create /dev/fs directory if you have devfs support in the kernel but do not want to mount it over /dev.
+Usage of /dev/fs directory will keep mdrun away from /dev.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org>.
+.SH HISTORY
+This man page was created Aug 13 2004 by Robert Collins.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR mdadm (8).
+
+