Bug#402416: Important data loss with Debian/GNU 3.1 (Sarge), kernel 2.6.18 and RAID1 software

[Neil Brown]

On Saturday December 16, ccoman at seanet.ro wrote:
> 
> Don't use the Debian/GNU 3.1 with software RAID1 and kernel 2.6.18.
> I tested with SCSI and IDE drives with different controllers and PCs
> and IMPORTANT DATA LOSS can occur. It seems to be a problem with mdadm,
> maybe a new version of mdadm is required.

If you could report specific details - preferably to
linux-raid at vger.kernel.org - I would love to heard about it.
I am not aware of any significant problems in 2.6.18 that aren't fixed
in a later -stable release (e.g. 2.6.18.5).
Data loss is very unlikely to be a problem with mdadm.

Thanks,
NeilBrown